Anémona, Península de Bayovar, © Stefan Austermühle / Mundo Azul

Year of implementation: 2001

Donor: The Nature Conservancy

Project Director: Stefan Austermühle

Field Assistants / Divers:
Rosaura Carbajal Sayan
Luciana Klinge Ambrossini
Valeria Verme Gómez Sánchez
Maria Paz Muñoz Velásquez
Valerie Villaran
Jose Galván Puertas
Andrea Luna Donoso

Location: Peninsula of Bayovar to Tumbes

Goals:

Cruzando el desierto de la Península de Bayovar, © Stefan Austermühle / Mundo Azul

• Planning of activities and creation of theoretical framework for the evaluation of biodiversity in intertidal and subtidal areas of the northern coast of Peru.
• Identification of habitat types in the intertidal zones along the northern coast with a description of algae, invertebrates and fish, as well as identification of different types of use, threats and conservation status.
• Identification of subtidal habitats, within sampling sites and emphasis on fish and invertebrate communities as well as types of use, threats and conservation status in each sampling site.
• Collection of intertidal and subtidal species for their incorporation in Mundo Azul´s reference collection.
• Photographic register of all collected species.
• Data base on sampling sites and species encountered in each sampling site.
  

Results:

Pepino de mar ( Stichopus sp .), Cabo Blanco, © Stefan Austermühle / Mundo Azul

The results are part of the publication on eco-regional planning of "The Nature Conservancy for the Ecoregion Guayaquil".