Fishes in MZNA-VERT: foraging ecology of the kingfisher. PhD project, Antonio Vilches

MZNA Museum of Zoology1, Amaia A. Rodeles1, David Galicia2, Rafael Miranda Ferreiro1, Arturo Ariño Plana3, Ángel Chaves Illana1, Ana Amézcua Martínez1, María Imas Lecumberri1, Antonio Vilches Morales1, Juan Arízaga Martínez4

1 University of Navarra, C/ Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain; 2 University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain; 3 Universidad de Navarra, C/ Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain; 4 Aranzadi, Alto de Zorroaga Bidea 11, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain

Corresponding author(s): MZNA Museum of Zoology (museocc@unav.es), Amaia A. Rodeles (aangulo@alumni.unav.es), David Galicia (dgalicia@unav.es)

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Resource Citation

MZNA (2016): Fishes in MZNA-VERT: foraging ecology of the kingfisher. PhD project, Antonio Vilches. v1. University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology. Dataset/Occurrence. http://www.gbif.es/ipt/resource?r=ichty-tpav&amp;v=1.0 http://doi.org/10.15470/wfpdpv

Abstract

The Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis L. 1758 is a fish eating bird which is associated with freshwater bodies in well conserved conditions. Currently, there is a negative trend in their European populations, so it is included in the threatened lists of species. This study aims to determine the trophic ecology of the Kingfisher in various rivers of Navarra (Spain) to define the important factors in the selection of habitat and assess the impact this bird may have in comercial fish species.
This project determined the relative importance of food availability and habitat structure and quality in the presence of kingfisher during breeding, and develop a useful methodology to determine the diet of the species from partial examination of pellets found in the nests. Also, it described the diet and determined, based on the food availability, its fishing strategy (opportunistic or selective) and the impact of the Common kingfisher on both a commercially important fish and conservation species such as the Atlantic salmon.

Keywords: Occurrence, fish populations, kingfisher, habitat selection, Observation

General description

Purpose: The aim of the present data set is to provide all information of the records of freshwater fishes gathered in a project about the biology of common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) in Navarra (Spain), a research project performed by Dr. Vilches.
Additional information: The Museum of Zoology (MZNA) was founded in 1980 as a repository of zoological materials originating from research and instructional activities of the department of Environmental Biology (proviously known as the department of Zoology and Ecology) of the University of Navarra. Nowadays MZNA store more than two millions specimens in its climate-controlled facilities.
The Museum is a Data Provider for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and is an Affiliate to the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). The Museum is also in charge of the curation and management of the Natural History Collections of the School of Science of the University of Navarra (Spain). MZNA attends to reserchers around the world, make loans and accepts deposits.

Project details

Project title: Ecología trófica y selección de hábitat del martín pescador Alcedo atthis L. 1758 en Navarra
Personnel: Antonio Vilches Morales, Rafael Miranda Ferreiro, Juan Arízaga Martínez
Funding: NA
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The samplings were collected in eight rivers of the Ebro basin (Spain): Arakil, Areta, Arga, Erro, Larraun and Ultzama rivers. The Arakil is a 79 km long river tributary of the Arga river; the Areta river is 27 km long and drains a basin of 104 km2; the Arga river is a 145 km long river that drains a basin of 2759 km2; the Erro river is 44 km long and drains a basin of 214 km2; the Larraun is a 19 km long tributary of the Arakil river and the Ultzama river is tributary of the Arga river and drains a basin of 270 km2 during 36 km. All of the rivers are born in the mountains of the Pyrenees (north of Spain), where the climate is humid, with a rainfall of 1000 mm per year and the main vegetation are oak, beech, ash and alder.
Design description: NA

Data published through GBIF: http://www.gbif.es/ipt/resource?r=ichty-tpav

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: In total 22002 specimens belonging to 17 species were collected and identified. The 95% of the captures belong to the family Cyprinidae. Six invasive species were found: Alburnus alburnus, Ameiurus melas, Carassius auratus, Cyprinus carpio, Micropterus salmoides and Scardinius erythrophthalmus. Moreover, eight of the captured species are endemic and half of them are endangered in some degree: Achondrostoma arcasii (Vulnerable A3ce), Barbatula quignardi, Barbus haasi (Vulnerable A2ce+3ce), Cobitis calderoni (Endangered A2ace+3ce), Cobitis paludica (Vulnerable A2ce+3ce), Gobio lozanoi, Luciobarbus graellsii and Parachondrostoma miegii. Moreover, the native species Anguilla anguilla is critically endangered according to the IUCN.
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Anguilla anguilla, Micropterus salmoides, Cobitis calderoni, Cobitis paludica, Achondrostoma arcasii, Alburnus alburnus, Barbus haasi, Carassius auratus, Cyprinus carpio, Gobio lozanoi, Luciobarbus graellsii, Parachondrostoma miegii, Phoxinus bigerri, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, Ameiurus melas, Barbatula quignardi, Salmo trutta
Common names: Eel, Largemouth black-bass, Northern Iberian spined- loach, Southern Iberian spined-loach, Bermejuela, Bleak, Iberian redfin barbel, Goldfish, Carp, Pyrenean gudgeon, Ebro barbel, Ebro nase, Pyrenean minnow, Rudd, Catfish, Pyrenean stone loach, Brown trout

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Eight rivers of the Ebro basin (north of Spain) were selected to perform this PhD project, covering 126.7 km: Arakil, Areta, Arga, Erro, Larraun and Ultzama rivers.
Coordinates: 42°43'48''N and 43°3'36''N Latitude; 2°8'60''W and 1°5'24''W Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://www.gbif.es/ic_colecciones.php?ID_Coleccion=10169
Collection name: Muestreos de peces de la tesis de Antonio Vilches
Living time period: 2007-2010
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol
Curatorial unit: 21858 with an uncertainty of 1 (Observation)
Curatorial unit: 10 with an uncertainty of 1 (Jar)

Methods

Method step description: Specimens were sampled following the procedure described in the Sampling description section. The individuales were identified, measured and released. Field data was revised, digitalised and incorporated to the MZNA database (Zootron v4.5, Ariño 1991). The dataset was exported to DarwinCore v1.4 format and revised to correct errors to adequate it to DarwinCore standars. Metadata information was added and the Darwin Core Archive was incorporated to the Spanish GBIF IPT.
Study extent description: Different localities of six rivers of the Ebro basin were selected to study the diet of the kingfisher: Arakil, Areta, Arga, Erro, Larraun and Ultzama rivers. The sampling points were located in areas of humid, atlantic clime with mediterranean influence. The samplings took place from 2007 to 2010.
Sampling description: The sampling was performed using a back-pack electrofishing unit Hans Grassl model IG200/2D. The sampling effort was 30 min in all the cases. The captured individuals were sedated with 2-phenoxyethanol, identified, counted and measured (total length in mm). Then, fishes were returned to the river. Species identification was performed by R. Miranda and A. Vilches using suitable literature.
Quality control description: Species identification was performed by R. Miranda and A. Vilches using suitable literature (Maitland & Linsell 1977) and scientific names were validated using the W. N. Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes (Eschmeyer 2014). Specimens were returned to the river. Darwin test software (v3.3 Ortega-Maqueda and Pando 2008) was used to check out possible mistakes in the coordinates, characters and the format of dates.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Fishes in MZNA-VERT: foraging ecology of the kingfisher. PhD project, Antonio Vilches
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://www.gbif.es/ipt/archive.do?r=ichty-tpav
Publication date of data: 2016-03-23
Language: English
Licences of use: This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode">Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License</a>.

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-08-03
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Maitland P. S. & Linsell K. (1977). Guide to Freshwater Fish of Britain and Europe. Philips, Seattle.
Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds). CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Acessed 24/02/2015.
Ortega-Maqueda, I. & Pando, F. (2008). DARWIN_TEST (V3.3): Una aplicación para la validación y el chequeo de los datos en formato Darwin Core 1.2 or Darwin Core 1.4, http://www.gbif.es/Darwin_test/Darwin_test.php (08/11/2014). Unidad de Coordinación de GBIF.ES, CSIC. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, España
Ecología trófica y selección de hábitat del martín pescador Alcedo atthis L. 1758 en Navarra. Antonio Vilches Morales (2012). Departamento de Zoología y Ecología, Universidad de Navarra. PhD thesis.
Ariño A.H. (1991) Bibliography of Iberian Polychaetes: a data base. Ophelia, suppl. 5: 647-652.