
handle: 10261/110769
[GA] O polbo común, Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797, é unha especie amplamente explotada e con importancia socioeconómica dentro das pesqueiras artesanais do litoral galego. O seu ciclo reprodutivo está adaptado ao patrón de ventos do sistema de afloramento galego. As femias poñen maioritariamente os ovos na primavera, e durante o final do verán e principios do outono ten lugar o máximo de eclosión. Esta estratexia evita os meses de afloramento máis intensos e asegura a presenza de acabados de nacer cando o sistema aínda é produtivo. A abundancia de larvas increméntase co descenso episódico das concentracións de nitrato, amonio e clorofila. Estas condicións danse durante a relaxación dos eventos de afloramento, cando os sales nutrientes se utilizan para producir materia orgánica que se transfire na cadea trófica. O recrutamento acontece ao principio do verán e o groso da biomasa explotable está dispoñible o ano seguinte. Usando a serie temporal máis longa dispoñible de capturas artesanais de polbo en Galicia, de 1994 a 2007, observouse que o patrón, tanto estacional como episódico, do vento que sopra na costa é quen de explicar un 82% das flutuacións interanuais nas capturas. Polo tanto, o ciclo biolóxico do polbo común nas costas galegas está axustado ás condicións meteorolóxicas e oceanográficas imperantes nesta área, as cales inflúen decisivamente sobre a súa fase larvaria, dando lugar a variacións nas capturas
[EN] The common octopus, Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797, is an important species and has great social and economic impact in the small-scale fishery context of Galicia (NW Spain). The reproductive life cycle of O. vulgaris is coupled to the coastal wind-driven upwelling, in such a way that females spawn prior to spring months, before the upwelling season, and hatching takes place from late summer to early autumn. This life strategy avoids the periods of most intense upwelling, and ensures that the early hatched larvae are present in the water column when the ecosystem is still productive. Larvae abundance increases while nitrate, ammonium and chlorophyll decrease. These conditions occur at the relaxation phase of upwelling events when nutrient salts are consumed to produce biogenic matter which is transferred through the food web. Recruitment occurs at the beginning of summer and the bulk of the exploitable biomass would be available the following year. Using the longest time-series available for the traditional catch of octopus in Galicia, from 1994 to 2007, we observed that the seasonal as well as episodic coastal wind patterns would explain up to 82% of the interannual variations in the fishery. We conclude that the common octopus life cycle in Galician waters depends on the local meteorology and oceanography that affects the planktonic stage leading to catch variations
Este estudo foi financiado parcialmente pola Consellería de Medio Ambiente e Desenvolvemento Sostible da Xunta de Galicia (Programa CLIGAL)
19 páginas, 4 figuras, 3 tablas
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