Stream-dwelling fish communities from an Atlantic rain forest drainage

Twenty-two species were registered in the Ubatiba system with a predominance of Characiformes and Siluriformes followed by Cyprinodontiformes, Perciformes and Synbranchiformes. Among these species four were occasional with one or two sampled individuals and restricted to one or two of the nine studi...

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Main Authors: Rosana Mazzoni, Nelsy Fenerich-Verani, Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi, Ricardo Iglesias-Rios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2006-03-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000300010
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spelling doaj-866a7846f3af4164b1472f52b96725f92020-11-24T21:10:40ZengInstituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology1516-89131678-43242006-03-0149224925610.1590/S1516-89132006000300010Stream-dwelling fish communities from an Atlantic rain forest drainageRosana MazzoniNelsy Fenerich-VeraniÉrica Pellegrini CaramaschiRicardo Iglesias-RiosTwenty-two species were registered in the Ubatiba system with a predominance of Characiformes and Siluriformes followed by Cyprinodontiformes, Perciformes and Synbranchiformes. Among these species four were occasional with one or two sampled individuals and restricted to one or two of the nine studied sites; the other 18 species were constant with high densities in at least one site. Most of the sampled sites presented between 11 and 18 species, all largely distributed; except for the uppermost site, located right over a waterfall 4m high, which showed at least four species and for the confluence site that presented 18 species. Canonical Correspondence Analysis indicated that environmental variables explained a great part of the density and distribution patterns of the fish species, showing that community structure of each locality was independent from the longitudinal succession, theoretically expected by the River Continuum Concept, and hardly explained by local environmental characteristics.<br>Vinte e duas espécies foram registradas no sistema fluvial do Ubatiba com predominância de Characiformes e Siluriformes seguidos de Cyprinodontiformes, Perciformes e Synbranchiformes. Dentre essas espécies 4 foram ocasionais com 1 ou 2 exemplares amostrados e restritas a 1 ou 2 das nove localidades estudadas; as demais 18 espécies foram constantes com altas densidades em pelo menos 1 localidade. A maioria das localidades estudadas apresentou entre 11 e 18 espécies, todas amplamente distribuídas; como exceção tem-se a localidade mais alta, localizada acima de um queda dágua de 4m, onde foram registradas apenas 4 espécies e a localidade mais próxima da desembocadura que apresentou 18 espécies. A Análise Canônica de Correspondência indicou que as variáveis ambientais explicaram grande parte dos padrões de densidade e distribuição das espécies de peixe e mostrou que a estrutura das comunidades de cada localidade é independente da sucessão longitudinal, teoricamente esperada pelo River Continuum Concept, e fortemente explicada pelas características ambientais.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000300010Coastal streamdistributioncommunity structurefish
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author Rosana Mazzoni
Nelsy Fenerich-Verani
Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi
Ricardo Iglesias-Rios
spellingShingle Rosana Mazzoni
Nelsy Fenerich-Verani
Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi
Ricardo Iglesias-Rios
Stream-dwelling fish communities from an Atlantic rain forest drainage
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Coastal stream
distribution
community structure
fish
author_facet Rosana Mazzoni
Nelsy Fenerich-Verani
Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi
Ricardo Iglesias-Rios
author_sort Rosana Mazzoni
title Stream-dwelling fish communities from an Atlantic rain forest drainage
title_short Stream-dwelling fish communities from an Atlantic rain forest drainage
title_full Stream-dwelling fish communities from an Atlantic rain forest drainage
title_fullStr Stream-dwelling fish communities from an Atlantic rain forest drainage
title_full_unstemmed Stream-dwelling fish communities from an Atlantic rain forest drainage
title_sort stream-dwelling fish communities from an atlantic rain forest drainage
publisher Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)
series Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
issn 1516-8913
1678-4324
publishDate 2006-03-01
description Twenty-two species were registered in the Ubatiba system with a predominance of Characiformes and Siluriformes followed by Cyprinodontiformes, Perciformes and Synbranchiformes. Among these species four were occasional with one or two sampled individuals and restricted to one or two of the nine studied sites; the other 18 species were constant with high densities in at least one site. Most of the sampled sites presented between 11 and 18 species, all largely distributed; except for the uppermost site, located right over a waterfall 4m high, which showed at least four species and for the confluence site that presented 18 species. Canonical Correspondence Analysis indicated that environmental variables explained a great part of the density and distribution patterns of the fish species, showing that community structure of each locality was independent from the longitudinal succession, theoretically expected by the River Continuum Concept, and hardly explained by local environmental characteristics.<br>Vinte e duas espécies foram registradas no sistema fluvial do Ubatiba com predominância de Characiformes e Siluriformes seguidos de Cyprinodontiformes, Perciformes e Synbranchiformes. Dentre essas espécies 4 foram ocasionais com 1 ou 2 exemplares amostrados e restritas a 1 ou 2 das nove localidades estudadas; as demais 18 espécies foram constantes com altas densidades em pelo menos 1 localidade. A maioria das localidades estudadas apresentou entre 11 e 18 espécies, todas amplamente distribuídas; como exceção tem-se a localidade mais alta, localizada acima de um queda dágua de 4m, onde foram registradas apenas 4 espécies e a localidade mais próxima da desembocadura que apresentou 18 espécies. A Análise Canônica de Correspondência indicou que as variáveis ambientais explicaram grande parte dos padrões de densidade e distribuição das espécies de peixe e mostrou que a estrutura das comunidades de cada localidade é independente da sucessão longitudinal, teoricamente esperada pelo River Continuum Concept, e fortemente explicada pelas características ambientais.
topic Coastal stream
distribution
community structure
fish
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000300010
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