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Las comunidades de peces del rio Guadiamar y el accidente minero de Aznalcóllar

Authors: Miguel Rubio, Ramón José de;

Las comunidades de peces del rio Guadiamar y el accidente minero de Aznalcóllar

Abstract

La presente memoria de Tesis analiza el impacto del vertido de las minas de Aznalcóllar (Sevilla) sobre la comunidad de peces del tramo afectado del río Guadiamar a corto, medio y largo plazo. Tras la completa desaparición de la ictiofauna perteneciente al tramo afectado en 1998, dos años después, concluidas las labores de limpieza más importantes, empieza la recolonización desde los tramos no afectados del cauce principal y en menor medida desde los tributarios. En esta primera fase del proceso de recolonización la comunidad tiende a parecerse a la de referencia localizada aguas arriba. Sin embargo aún en 2002 se observa como la población de la especie más dominante en el tramo, Luciobarbus sclateri, sigue afectada por los restos del vertido reflejado en su baja condición corporal. A partir de 2005, la estructura de la comunidad empieza a diferenciarse de aquella de referencia. Este hecho se justifica con un análisis de relación entre la riqueza y diversidad de especies y las variables ambientales a diferentes escalas. Éste muestra como las especies autóctonas prefieren los tramos bien conservados, fuera del tramo afectado tanto por el vertido minero como por el embalse del Agrio, mientras que es en éste tramo donde las exóticas proliferan. No obstante, el efecto que los restos del vertido producen en 2006 no es superior al resto de perturbaciones antrópicas que se producen en el resto de las subcuencas del Guadalquivir. Finalmente, 13 años después del vertido, la proliferación de las especies exóticas y el descenso de las autóctonas por la suma de perturbaciones antrópicas, hacen que la comunidad de peces del Guadiamar no se pueda considerar recuperada.

This PhD Thesis analyzes the impact of the toxic spill from the Aznalcóllar mines (Sevilla) on the fish assemblage of the affected section of the Guadiamar River in the short, medium and long term. After the complete disappearance of fish in the affected section in 1998, two years later, once major cleaning works ended, recolonization from unaffected reaches of the main channel began, and to a lesser extent from tributaries. During this first phase of the recolonization process, fish assemblages in the affected area bore some resemblance to those of the reference upstream site. However, even as late as 2002 the population of the most dominant species in the stretch, Luciobarbus sclateri, was still affected by the spill remains, as reflected by their low somatic condition. From 2005, fish assemblage structure began to differentiate from that of the reference site. This was revealed by analyzing the relationship between species richness and diversity and environmental variables at different scales. This analysis revealed how native species preferred well-preserved stretches outside the reach affected by both the mining spill and the Agrio reservoir, while it was in this reach where exotics thrived. However, the remaining spill effect in 2006 was not greater than other anthropogenic disturbances common to other sub-basins of the Guadalquivir River. Finally, 13 years after the spill, an increase of exotic species and decrease of natives due to the accumulation of human disturbances hinder/stop the Guadiamar fish community from full recovery.

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Aznalcóllar (Sevilla, Vertidos tóxicos, Rio), Contaminación, Peces de agua dulce, España), Guadiamar (España, Rio), Minas, Ictiofauna, Agua, Aznalcóllar (Sevilla, España), Guadiamar (España, Catástrofes ecológicas

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