Fishes in MZNA-VERT: ecological assessment of the Guadalope river in Aliaga (Spain)

MZNA Museum of Zoology1, Amaia A. Rodeles1, David Galicia2, Rafael Miranda Ferreiro1, Arturo Ariño Plana3, Javier Oscoz Escudero1, Ibon Tobes Sesma4, Iván Vedia Jiménez4

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 1, 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 Guadalope river in Aliaga (Spain). v1. University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology. Dataset/Occurrence. http://www.gbif.es/ipt/resource?r=mzna_ichty-mprg&amp;v=1.0 http://doi.org/10.15470/sa3a33

Abstract

Pollution is one of the main threats of rivers. This study was performed to assess the impact of a power plant in the fish community of the Guadalope river, Teruel (Spain).The dataset contains records of fish populations of the Guadalope river in the town of Aliaga.

Keywords: Occurrence, Aliaga, Guadalope River, power plant, fish population, human impact, 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 ecological quality of the Guadalope river in Aliaga locality, Teruel (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).
The MZNA attends to reserchers around the world, make loans and accepts deposits.

Project details

Project title: Análisis de las poblaciones piscícolas, muestras de macroinvertebrados y cálculo de índices bióticos para determinar el Estado Ecológico del río Guadalope antes y después de la planta de cogeneración eléctrica de Aliaga (Teruel)
Personnel: Rafael Miranda Ferreiro
Funding: Hired by GARONA Estudios Territoriales SC.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The Guadalope river is a mediterranean, 160 km long, tributary of the Ebro river born in Teruel (northeastern Spain). It drains an area of approximately 3890 km2. The river flow is regulated by six large dams.
Design description: NA

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All specimens were identified to the species level using the Guide to Freshwater Fish of Britain and Europe (Maitland P. S. & Linsell K., 1977). Three species (the endemic Barbus haasi and Parachondrostoma miegii and the native Salmo trutta) were recorded. In number of individuals, the most abundant family was Cyprinidae with the 87% of the captures.
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Barbus haasi, Parachondrostoma miegii, Salmo trutta
Common names: Iberian redfin barbel, Ebro nase, Brown trout

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: All specimens were collected in the Guadalope river, upstream and downstream of the power plant of Aliaga (Spain). This river is tributary of the Ebro river and its basin belongs to the Mediterranean region.
Coordinates: 40°37'48''N and 40°42'0''N Latitude; 0°44'24''W and 0°39'36''W Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://www.gbif.es/ic_colecciones.php?ID_Coleccion=10169
Collection name: Muestreos de peces del Guadalope en Aliaga
Living time period: 2010-2012, 2014
Curatorial unit: 432 with an uncertainty of 1 (Observation)

Methods

Method step description: Specimens were sampled following the procedure described in the Sampling description section. The individuals 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 were captured in 2 localities of the Guadalope river (one upstream and another downstream of the power plant of the town of Aliaga) in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
Sampling description: The main sampling method was electric fishing, using a back-pack electrofishing unit. The captured individuals were sedated with 2-phenoxyethanol, identified, counted and measured (total length in mm). Then, fish were returned to the river. Species identification was performed by R. Miranda.
Quality control description: Species identification was performed by R. Miranda 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 Guadalope river in Aliaga (Spain)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://www.gbif.es/ipt/archive.do?r=mzna_ichty-mprg
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: 2015-09-15
Hierarchy level: Dataset

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Maitland P. S. & Linsell K. (1977). Guide to Freshwater Fish of Britain and Europe. Philips, Seattle.
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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.
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Miranda R. Análisis de las poblaciones piscícolas, muestras de macroinvertebrados y cálculo de índices bióticos para determinar el Estado Ecológico del río Guadalope antes y después de la planta de cogeneración eléctrica de Aliaga (Teruel) – Primavera de 2010. Contratado por GARONA Estudios Territoriales S.Cv. Marzo de 2010. Technical report.
Miranda R. Análisis de las poblaciones piscícolas, muestras de macroinvertebrados y cálculo de índices bióticos para determinar el Estado Ecológico del río Guadalope antes y después de la planta de cogeneración eléctrica de Aliaga (Teruel) – Verano de 2010. Contratado por GARONA Estudios Territoriales S.Cv. Agosto de 2010. Technical report.
Miranda R. Análisis de las poblaciones piscícolas, muestras de macroinvertebrados y cálculo de índices bióticos para determinar el Estado Ecológico del río Guadalope antes y después de la planta de cogeneración eléctrica de Aliaga (Teruel) – Octubre de 2011. Contratado por GARONA Estudios Territoriales S.Cv. Octubre de 2011. Technical report.
Miranda R. Análisis de las poblaciones piscícolas, muestras de macroinvertebrados y cálculo de índices bióticos para determinar el Estado Ecológico del río Guadalope antes y después de la planta de cogeneración eléctrica de Aliaga (Teruel) – Agosto de 2012. Contratado por GARONA Estudios Territoriales S.Cv. Agosto de 2012. Technical report.
Miranda R. Análisis de las poblaciones piscícolas, muestras de macroinvertebrados y cálculo de índices bióticos para determinar el Estado Ecológico del río Guadalope antes y después de la planta de cogeneración eléctrica de Aliaga (Teruel) – Marzo de 2014. Contratado por GARONA Estudios Territoriales S.Cv. Mayo de 2014. Technical report.