Temperature and massive fish deaths in southern South America
; Ramirez, Luciana
; Gomez, Sergio Enrique
; Menni, Roberto Carlos 
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12/2011
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Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia
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Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"
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1514-5158
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1853-0400
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Basado en la recopilación de datos de mortandades masivas de peces ocurridas en el sur de Sud América durante el Siglo XX, se evaluó la importancia de las variables climáticas en estos fenómenos. Se encontró una fuerte relación (R2 =0,68) con la temperatura media mensual del aire. A lo largo del rango de temperaturas anuales hay un rango central (14,6° C a 20,0° C) donde las probabilidades que una comunidad de peces sufra mortandades masivas son muy bajas. Su punto central (17,3° C) es muy cercano al valor medio anual (17,2° C) de la variación de temperatura del aire. Se considera esto como una corroboración a nivel de comunidad de la teoría del óptimo fisiológico de Pianka. Esta relación permite monitorear la influencia de los cambios climáticos, dado que la variación ambiental y las zonas de mortalidad y no mortalidad cambiarán con las variaciones predichas de los valores medios mensuales de la temperatura del aire.
Based on a compilation of data on massive fish deaths occurred in southern South America during the Twentieth Century, we assessed the importance of climatic variables on these phenomena. We found a strong relationship (R2 =0.68) between these massive fish deaths and the mean monthly air temperature. Along the annual temperature range there is a central range (14.6° C to 20.0° C), where the probabilities that a fish community suffers massive deaths is very low. Its central point (17.3° C) is very close to the mean annual value (17.2° C) of air temperature variation. We considered this agreement as corroboration at community level of Pianka’s theory on physiological optima. This relationship allows to monitoring the influence of climate changes, because the environmental variation and the zones of mortality and no mortality will change with predicted changes of the mean monthly values of air temperature.
Based on a compilation of data on massive fish deaths occurred in southern South America during the Twentieth Century, we assessed the importance of climatic variables on these phenomena. We found a strong relationship (R2 =0.68) between these massive fish deaths and the mean monthly air temperature. Along the annual temperature range there is a central range (14.6° C to 20.0° C), where the probabilities that a fish community suffers massive deaths is very low. Its central point (17.3° C) is very close to the mean annual value (17.2° C) of air temperature variation. We considered this agreement as corroboration at community level of Pianka’s theory on physiological optima. This relationship allows to monitoring the influence of climate changes, because the environmental variation and the zones of mortality and no mortality will change with predicted changes of the mean monthly values of air temperature.
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