Banca de DEFESA: ÁTILA DANTAS ESCÓSSIA DE MELO

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DISCENTE : ÁTILA DANTAS ESCÓSSIA DE MELO
DATA : 01/03/2019
HORA: 09:00
LOCAL: Sala de Videoconferência do Centro de Convivência (PoP/RN)
TÍTULO:

Spatio-temporal variation in fish assemblages of mangrove ponds

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Seasonality; biodiversity; ecological gradients; community ecology

PÁGINAS: 49
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Biológicas
ÁREA: Ecologia
RESUMO:

Intertidal mangrove forests play important roles for especies persistence, providing food
and shelter from predators for marine and estuarine small fishes. Despite the great
progress in knowledge of estuarine and mangrove systems in the last decades, little is
know about fish community dynamics in the temporary enviroments of mangroves. The
present study aims for understand how fish species are distributed inside the mangrove
forest in temporary ponds along the estuary (spatial dynamics), between seasonal surveys
(temporal dynamics) and according to microhabitat characteristics. Field work was
conducted from november 2017 to september 2018 on the Ceará-Mirim river mangrove
(Northeastern Brazil). We stabilished 17 10m x 10m quadrats distributed along the
estuary, which were used as sample units. Our fish collection followed a standardized
protocol. Limnologic and microhabitat variables (density of roots, ponds, crab burrows,
propagules, canopy cover and pond number and depth) were mesured. 1189 individuals
belonging to 10 species were collected. with Kryptolebias hermaphroditus being the
dominant species (52% of total fish abundance), followed by Poecilia vivipara (24%),
Ctenogobius smaragdus (11%), Ctenogobius shufeldti (2%), Ctenogobius boleosoma
(2%), Evorthodus lyricus (3%), Dormitator maculatus (<1%), Eleotris pisonis (1%),
Guavina guavina (4%) and Erotelis smaragdus (<1%). Abundance, richness and diversity
increased in the rainy months. P. vivipara and Gobiidae species followed this pattern,
with major abundances in this period. K hermaphroditus and Eleotridae species were
more constant. We found a inverse relationship between diversity and abundance along
the estuary, with major diversity and minor abundance occurring closer to de ocean, in
constrast with upper areas with minor diversity and major abundance. P vivipara occured
more in the upper areas of the estuary, while C. boleosoma and E. pisonis tended to occur
more in areas close to ocean. Other species were more constant. The different
microhabitat characteristics within the mangrove forest were also important in species
distribution. We found evidences that the fish assemblages in the mangrove forest are 

modulated by rainfall cycle, the closeness to the ocean and to microhabitat characteristics
and discuss these findings in light of the current knowledge on mangrove fish.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 983.396.135-53 - HELDER MATEUS VIANA ESPÍRITO-SANTO - UFPA
Externo à Instituição - MARIO BARLETTA - UFPE
Externo à Instituição - TOMMASO GIARRIZZO - Uni Bremen