TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF THE FIRST STAGES OF Euphausia

mucronata AND ITS RELATION WITH OCEANOGRAPHIC

CONDITIONS OFF NORTHERN PERÚ (1994 - 2006)
K. Aronés and P.Ayón S3-3757
Abstract
The aim objective of this study is verify possible spatial and temporal variability influenced by oceanographic conditions on stages first of the
euphausiids (calyptopis and furcilias). Euphausia mucronata stages like calyptopis was dominant with 69.5% while furcilia stage was 30.4% of
Euphausia mucronata. We found a long-term trends significant at p = 0.05 for superficial temperature and oxygen. First stages abundance increased
from 1999 to 2000. Spearman’s correlation between furcilia and oceanographic parameters (p<0.05) were temperature, salinity and oxygen and for
calyptopis were salinity and oxygen.

PERU

PAITA (05º00’ S)
Material and Methods
Euphausiids samples were collected from August 1994 to December 2006
4°S

4 3 2 1
at four fixed coastal stations located 5 to 20 nm offshore, off Paita
Paita
(05°00’S), an upwelling area influenced by the Equatorial Front with
5°S Equatorial Surface Waters (ESW), Tropical Surface Waters (TSW)
81.5°W 81.0°W Subtropical Surface Waters (TSW) and Coastal Cold Waters (CCW).
Samples were collected at subsurface with a 330 micron WP-2 net for five
minutes at three knots. Water temperature, salinity and oxygen
concentration were measurement. First Stages of
Study area
Euphausia mucronata

A
Results and discussion 30 Calyptopis
Calyptopis TSW

Temperature (°C)
28
8 log (x+1) Abundance = 1.4756 + 0.0502*t The stages of E. mucronata like calyptopis was
A ESW
LOG (X+1) Abundance

26
6
R2 = 0.2449 p=0.0003 dominant with 69.5% while furcilia stage was 24

4
30.4% of E. mucronata. Relative abundance of 22 SSW
calyptopis and furcilia were negative correlated 20
2
(r2=-0.78). Calyptopis and furcilia abundance 18
0
increased from 1999 to 2000. Correlations 16 CCW
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
33,0 33,5 34,0 34,5 35,0 35,5
Years between calyptopis and furcilia abundance with Salinity
superficial Oxygen were positive, while the
Furcilia relations with Sea Superficial Salinity were TSW Furcilia
B 8 log (x+1) Abundance)= 1.6877 + 0.0381*t 27
negative. Only furcilia abundance shows
LOG (X+1) Abundance

Temperature (°C)

2
R = 0.1395 p=0.0051 B 25 ESW
6
significant positive correlations with Superficial 23
4
Sea Temperature (SST). Long term trends were 21
2
significant at p=0.05 for SST and superficial 19
SSW
0
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
Oxygen concentration. The increase of 17
Years calyptopis and furcilia abundance is correlated 15
CCW
strong with increased of Oxygen. 33,0 33,5 34,0 34,5 35,0 35,5
First stages abundances trends off Salinity
Paita from 1994 to 2006. A)
Calyptopis, B) Furcilia First stages abundances related with physical
Valid N R2 t(n-2) p-level
Calyptopis vs SST 191 0.08 1.07 0.29 parameters in Paita, northern Perú, from 1994
Calyptopis vs SSS 191 -0.18 -2.50 0.01 to 2006, A) Calyptopis, B) Furcilia
First stages abundances Spearman Calyptopis vs Oxygen 191 0.23 3.25 0.00
Correlations Coeficients (r2) with Furcilia vs SST 191 0.21 2.95 0.00
Oceanographic conditions off Paita, Furcilia vs SSS 191 -0.22 -3.16 0.00
northern Perú, from 1994 to 2006 Furcilia vs Oxygen 191 0.27 3.90 0.00

30 Calyptopis Furcilia
A 28 6
6
Temperature (°C)

log (x+1) abundance

26
log (x+1) Abundance

24 4
4
22
20
2
18 2

16
14 0
0
15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00
Temperature (°C) Temperature (°C)
37 Furcilia
6
Calyptopis 6
B 35
log (x+1) Abundance

log (x+1) abundance

33
Salinity

4 4
31
29
2
2
27
25
0
0
23 32.00 33.00 34.00 35.00 36.00
32.00 33.00 34.00 35.00 36.00
Salinity Salinity
9
y = 0,002x + 4,3179
R2 = 0,049 N=202 6 Calyptopis Furcilia
Oxygen (ml l-1)

C 7
6
log (x+1) abundance

log (x+1) abundance

5 4 4

3
2 2

1 lo(x+1) Abundance = 0.7028x - 0.2517 log (x+1) Abundance = 0.654x - 0.1335

R2 = 0.2183 R2 = 0.2418
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
0 0
year 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00
Oxygen (ml l-1) Oxygen (ml l-1)

Temporal evolution of environmental parameters, A) Sea

Surface Temperature, B) Sea Surface Salinity and C) Oceanographics Parameters Vs first stages abundance (log
Superficial Oxygen off Paita (1994-2006) (x+1)) off Paita, northern Perú, from 1994 to 2006

Acknowledgement
Travel support: PICES, GLOBEC and CONCYTEC