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Fish diversity in the Berlengas Natural Reserve (Portugal), a marine protected area

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Abstract

Resumo Em 1981, as Berlengas, arquipélago localizado a cerca de 7 milhas da costa de Peniche (costa Oeste de Portugal), tornou-se área marinha protegida. Censos visuais subaquáticos, nomeadamente percursos aleatórios, foram usados para fazer o levantamento das espécies de peixes na área, durante duas campanhas de Verão, 2004 e 2005, contabilizando um total de 16 horas de observação em mergulho. Este estudo visou criar um inventário mais exacto e detalhado das espécies de peixes presentes no arquipélago do que um feito anteriormente, em resultado de alguns estudos prévios. Um total de 48 espécies de peixes pertencentes a 22 famílias foram observadas durantes os dois períodos de estudo. Labridae e Sparidae foram as famílias mais representadas e Diplodus vulgaris e Labrus bergylta foram as espécies mais frequentes. Abstract Since 1981, Berlengas, an archipelago located about 7 miles off Peniche (Western Coast of Portugal), became a marine protected area. Underwater visual census, namely rover diver counts, were used to assess the fish species present in the area during two summer campaigns, 2004 and 2005, comprising a total of 16 hours of scuba-diving observations. This study aimed to obtain a more accurate and detailed checklist of the fish species present in the archipelago than the one already existing in result of a few previous studies. A total of 48 fish species belonging to 22 different families were observed during the two study periods. Labridae and Sparidae were the most represented families and Diplodus vulgaris and Labrus bergylta were the most frequent species.