IIMYC   23581
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Biodiversity and threats in non-protected areas: a multidisciplinary and multi-taxa approach focused on the Atlantic forest
Autor/es:
PIACENTINI, LUIS; IZQUIERDO, MATIAS ; NUÑEZ BUSTOS, EZEQUIEL; GRASSI, EMANUEL; TUBARO, PABLO; ONDARZA, PAOLA; LIJTMAER, DARÍO ; CIRIGLIANO, ANDREA; PORTA, ANDRES; PALERMO, JORGE; SCHENONE, NAHUEL; ROSSO, JUAN JOSE; AVIGLIANO, ESTEBAN; ROMANO, GONZALO; MABRAGAÑA, EZEQUIEL; BUKOWSKI, BELEN
Revista:
Heliyon
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2019 vol. 5 p. 1 - 13
ISSN:
2405-8440
Resumen:
Along many decades, protected environments were targeted by the scientific community for ecological research and for the collection of scientific information related to environmental aspects and biodiversity. However, most of the territory in hotspot regions with weak or even non legal protection has been left aside. These non-protected areas (NPA) could host high biodiversity values. This paper addresses how scientific effort on a NPA (CIAR) of 700 ha from the Atlantic Rain Forest, generates new information and tools for large-scale environmental and biodiversity management in NPAs. Information published during the last decade was summarized and complemented with subsequent novel data about biodiversity (new species, first records, DNA and chemical analyses, etc.). The results showed: 1 new genus (arachnid), 6 new species and several putative new species (fish and arthropod), 6 vulnerable species (bird and mammal) and 36 first records for Argentina (fish, arthropod, platyhelminth and fungi). When compared with protected natural areas of the same biome, the CIAR showed highly valuable aspects for fauna and environment conservation, positioning this NPA as a worldwide hotspot for some taxa. Indeed, when compared to international hotspots in a coordinated Malaise trap program, the CIAR showed 8,651 different barcode index numbers (~species) of arthropods, 80% of which had not been previously barcoded. Molecules like Inoscavin A, with antifungal activity against phytopathogens, was isolated for the first time in Phellinus merrillii fungi. Anthropic effect study measured 20 trace elements, 18 pesticides (i.e. endosulfans, chlorpyrifos, DDTs, HCHs) and 27 pharmaceuticals and drugs (i.e. benzoylecgonine and norfluoxetine) in different biotic and abiotic matrices (water, sediment, fish and air biomonitors). This integral data analysis shows how multidisciplinary and multi-taxa surveys in a NPA creates a new arena for research and a pathway towards sustainable development in emerging countries with biodiversity hotspots.