Fishes in MZNA-VERT: ecological assessment of the Aragon river in Sangüesa (Spain)

MZNA Museum of Zoology1, Amaia A. Rodeles1, David Galicia2, Rafael Miranda Ferreiro1, Arturo Ariño Plana3, Javier Oscoz Escudero4, Ibon Tobes Sesma5, Iván Vedia Jiménez5, Antonio Vilches Morales1

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 University of Navarra, C/ Irunlarrea nº1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain; 5 University of Navarra, C/Irunlarrea nº1, 31008, Pamplona, 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: ecological assessment of the Aragon river in Sangüesa (Spain). v1. University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology. Dataset/Occurrence. http://www.gbif.es/ipt/resource?r=mzna_ichty-mpps&amp;v=1.0 http://doi.org/10.15470/msoj1m

Abstract

The Iberian fish fauna is affected by numerous human activities, and one of the most important is river pollution. Industry wastewater, such paper mills residues may affect the quality of rivers so the study of the fish populations is necessary to assess the possible ecologic impacts. This study analyses the fish populations of Aragon River in the city of Sangüesa (Navarra, Spain) to assess if its ecological quality is affected by its paper mill.

Keywords: Observation, Freshwater fish, Aragon river, Sangüesa, anthropogenic impacts, pollution, Occurrence

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 ecological quality of the Aragon river in Sangüesa, Navarra, Spain.
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: Estudio de las poblaciones piscícolas y análisis de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Aragón en distintos puntos a su paso por el municipio de Sangüesa
Personnel: Rafael Miranda Ferreiro
Funding: “Estudio de las poblaciones piscícolas y análisis de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Aragón en distintos puntos a su paso por el municipio de Sangüesa" Campaigns of summer and autum of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Hired by ENSAYA Laboratorio de Ensayos Técnicos S.A.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The Aragon river is one of the main tributaries of the Ebro river (Spain). It has a longitude of 195 km and a basin area of 8524 km2. It is born in the Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, where the climate is oceanic and beech is the dominant tree species, and flows to mediterranean areas with pyne and holm oak.
Design description: NA

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=mzna_ichty-mpps

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: In total 3450 specimens were collected and identified to the species level. Seven species were recorded. The 94% of the captures belong to five species of the family Cyprinidae (Alburnus alburnus, Gobio lozanoi, Luciobarbus graellsii, Parachondrostoma miegii and Phoxinus bigerri). The rest of the collected species belong to the families Nemacheilidae (Barbatula quignardi) and Salmonidae (Salmo trutta). One species, Alburnus alburnus, is an invasive species. Moreover, four of the captured species are endemic (Gobio lozanoi, Luciobarbus graellsii, Parachondrostoma miegii and Barbatula quignardi).
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Alburnus alburnus, Barbatula quignardi, Gobio lozanoi, Luciobarbus graelsii, Parachondrostoma miegii, Phoxinus bigerri, Salmo trutta
Common names: Bleak, Pyrenean stone loach, Pyrenean gudgeon, Ebro barbel, Ebro nase, Pyrenean minnow, Brown trout

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: All specimens were collected in the Aragon river, in the city of Sangüesa (North of Spain), tributary of the Ebro river
Coordinates: 42°33'36''N and 42°34'48''N Latitude; 1°17'24''W and 1°16'12''W Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://www.gbif.es/ic_colecciones.php?ID_Coleccion=10169
Collection name: Muestreos de peces del Aragón
Living time period: 2011-present
Curatorial unit: 3450 with an uncertainty of 1 (Observation)

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: The specimens are captured in four locations of the Aragon river near Sangüesa (Spain) from 2011 to 2014. There is one sample point upstream and three downstream of the paper mill. The samplings were performed twice a year, in summer and autumn.
Sampling description: The sampling was performed using a back-pack electrofishing unit Hans Grassl model IG200/2D. The period of time of the samplings was 30 min. 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.
Quality control description: Species identification was performed by R. Miranda 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: ecological assessment of the Aragon river in Sangüesa (Spain)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=mzna_ichty-mpps
Publication date of data: 2018-11-30
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-07-11
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).
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.
Ariño A.H. (1991) Bibliography of Iberian Polychaetes: a data base. Ophelia, suppl. 5: 647-652.
Miranda R.Estudio de las poblaciones piscícolas y análisis de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Aragón en distintos puntos a su paso por el municipio de Sangüesa - Campaña de verano y otoño de 2011. Contratado por ENSAYA Laboratorio de Ensayos Técnicos S.A. Octubre de 2011. Technical report.
Miranda R. Estudio de las poblaciones piscícolas y análisis de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Aragón en distintos puntos a su paso por el municipio de Sangüesa - Campaña de otoño de 2012. Contratado por ENSAYA Laboratorio de Ensayos Técnicos S.A. Octubre de 2012. Technical report.
Miranda R. Estudio de las poblaciones piscícolas y análisis de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Aragón en distintos puntos a su paso por el municipio de Sangüesa - Campaña de verano de 2013. Contratado por Laboratorio de Ensayos Navarra S.L. Agosto de 2013. Technical report.
Miranda R. Estudio de las poblaciones piscícolas y análisis de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Aragón en distintos puntos a su paso por el municipio de Sangüesa - Campaña de otoño de 2013. Contratado por Laboratorio de Ensayos Navarra S.L. Octubre de 2013. Technical report.
Miranda R. Estudio de las poblaciones piscícolas y análisis de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Aragón en distintos puntos a su paso por el municipio de Sangüesa - Campaña de verano de 2014. Contratado por Laboratorio de Ensayos Navarra S.L. Agosto de 2014. Technical report.
Miranda R. Estudio de las poblaciones piscícolas y análisis de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Aragón en distintos puntos a su paso por el municipio de Sangüesa - Campaña de otoño de 2014. Contratado por Laboratorio de Ensayos Navarra S.L. Octubre de 2014. Technical report.