Determinación de la adaptabilidad de los anfibios a través de la caracterización en los diez hábitats construidos en la zona urbana de Cuenca

Abstract

The artificial habitats built in the urban area of the city of Cuenca, is the first attempt to conserve the species Gastrotheca sp, these spaces provide the necessary conditions for the development and protection of this species. However, various processes of natural and anthropic pollution, as well as abrupt changes in environmental conditions, have negatively influenced the adaptation of this species to its new habitat. This problem has generated the need to develop methodologies to characterize the state of artificial habitats. The program of Conservation of Urban Biodiversity, developed by the Environmental Management Commission (CGA), aims to conserve the Marsupial Frog of Azuay (Gastrotheca sp), which is part of the heritage biodiversity of the city of Cuenca. That is why in this work, the abundance of Gastrotheca sp was correlated with the physicochemical parameters of water and environmental conditions in artificial habitats, in the period September - November 2017, with the objective of determining the variables correlated with the adaptability of amphibians. The nitrite parameter and the vegetation cover were the variables that influence the adaptation of the species Gastrotheca sp in artificial habitats.