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The main goal of the research was the assessment of the relationship between estuarine fish species diversity and some abiotic factors as salinity, temperature, and sediment grain size in a tropical coastal lagoon. Fish samples were collected using an experimental trawl net at eight sites in four months during three annual cycles. Multivariate analyses were applied for the identification of spatial and seasonal changes in fish assemblages’ composition along environmental gradients. Extrapolated values of Hill´s numbers were used as diversity measures and compared to same indices calculated without extrapolation on original samples. Strong evidence was found for a high correlation of some fish diversity indices with percentage of mud in sediments and in less degree with bottom salinity. An explanation for this correlation is proposed based on a variable response of main food items of the dominant fish species to abiotic factors (mostly sediment characteristics) and its subsequent effect on the spatial variability of the abundance and composition of fish assemblages, which is reflected in diversity measures. Results obtained in this study can be considered a contribution to the understanding of the relationships between fish assemblages´ diversity and natural abiotic gradients. They provide also a base line for future research on the effects of anthropogenic impacts in the studied lagoon.
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González-Sansón, G., Rodríguez, F.N., Aguilar-Betancourt, C.M. et al. Estuarine fish diversity as indicator of natural environmental gradients. Mar. Biodivers. 52, 32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01270-8
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