Does water level affect benthic macro-invertebrates of a marginal lake in a tropical river-reservoir transition zone?
Benthic macro-invertebrates are important components of freshwater ecosystems which are involved in ecological processes such as energy transfer between detritus and consumers and organic matter recycling. The aim of this work was to investigate the variation in organism richness, diversity and dens...
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doaj-99c51876270a41e69827435cd64ff8eb2020-11-24T21:32:08ZengInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology1678-437574240841910.1590/1519-6984.26812S1519-69842014000200408Does water level affect benthic macro-invertebrates of a marginal lake in a tropical river-reservoir transition zone?RA. ZerlinR. HenryBenthic macro-invertebrates are important components of freshwater ecosystems which are involved in ecological processes such as energy transfer between detritus and consumers and organic matter recycling. The aim of this work was to investigate the variation in organism richness, diversity and density of benthic fauna during the annual cycle in Camargo Lake, a lake marginal to Paranapanema River, southeast Brazil. The correlation of environmental factors with community attributes of the macro-benthic fauna was assessed. Since Camargo Lake is connected to the river, we tested the hypothesis that water level variation is the main regulating factor of environmental variables and of the composition and abundance of benthic macro-invertebrates. The results indicated that lake depth varied with rainfall, being the highest at the end of the rising water period and the lowest at the beginning of this period. The sediment granulometry was more heterogeneous at the bottom of the lake by the end of the high water period. The benthic macro-invertebrate fauna was composed by 15 taxa. The Diptera order was represented by seven taxa and had greater richness in relation to other taxa. This group was responsible for 60% of the total abundance of organisms, followed by Ephemeroptera (22%) and Anellida (16%). Significant differences were observed over time in total richness and, in density of Narapa bonettoi, Chaoborus, Ablabesmyia gr. annulata, Chironomus gigas, Larsia fittkau, and Procladius sp. 2. Total taxa richness correlated negatively with water pH, transparency, conductivity, and bottom water oxygen. Higher positive correlations were found between the densities of some taxa and bottom water oxygen, conductivity and very fine sand, silt + clay of sediment, while negative correlations were recorded with organic matter, and fine, medium and coarse sand, bottom water temperature, mean temperature and rainfall. The significant temporal difference in water level was associated with changes in abiotic factors and macro-invertebrate community attributes.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842014000200408&lng=en&tlng=enmarginal lakeconnectivitywater levelbenthic fauna |
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Does water level affect benthic macro-invertebrates of a marginal lake in a tropical river-reservoir transition zone? |
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Does water level affect benthic macro-invertebrates of a marginal lake in a tropical river-reservoir transition zone? |
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Does water level affect benthic macro-invertebrates of a marginal lake in a tropical river-reservoir transition zone? |
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Does water level affect benthic macro-invertebrates of a marginal lake in a tropical river-reservoir transition zone? |
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Does water level affect benthic macro-invertebrates of a marginal lake in a tropical river-reservoir transition zone? |
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does water level affect benthic macro-invertebrates of a marginal lake in a tropical river-reservoir transition zone? |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia |
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Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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Benthic macro-invertebrates are important components of freshwater ecosystems which are involved in ecological processes such as energy transfer between detritus and consumers and organic matter recycling. The aim of this work was to investigate the variation in organism richness, diversity and density of benthic fauna during the annual cycle in Camargo Lake, a lake marginal to Paranapanema River, southeast Brazil. The correlation of environmental factors with community attributes of the macro-benthic fauna was assessed. Since Camargo Lake is connected to the river, we tested the hypothesis that water level variation is the main regulating factor of environmental variables and of the composition and abundance of benthic macro-invertebrates. The results indicated that lake depth varied with rainfall, being the highest at the end of the rising water period and the lowest at the beginning of this period. The sediment granulometry was more heterogeneous at the bottom of the lake by the end of the high water period. The benthic macro-invertebrate fauna was composed by 15 taxa. The Diptera order was represented by seven taxa and had greater richness in relation to other taxa. This group was responsible for 60% of the total abundance of organisms, followed by Ephemeroptera (22%) and Anellida (16%). Significant differences were observed over time in total richness and, in density of Narapa bonettoi, Chaoborus, Ablabesmyia gr. annulata, Chironomus gigas, Larsia fittkau, and Procladius sp. 2. Total taxa richness correlated negatively with water pH, transparency, conductivity, and bottom water oxygen. Higher positive correlations were found between the densities of some taxa and bottom water oxygen, conductivity and very fine sand, silt + clay of sediment, while negative correlations were recorded with organic matter, and fine, medium and coarse sand, bottom water temperature, mean temperature and rainfall. The significant temporal difference in water level was associated with changes in abiotic factors and macro-invertebrate community attributes. |
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