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Provedor de dados: | 76
País: | Brazil
Título: | Comparative analysis of tidepool fish species composition on tropical coastal rocky reefs at State of Ceará, Brazil
Autores: | Cunha,Edna A.; Carvalho,Roberto A. A.; Monteiro-Neto,Cassiano; Moraes,Luiz Eduardo S.; Araújo,Maria Elisabeth.
Data: | 2008-09-01
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Visual census; Fish assemblages; Abundance; Biodiversity.
Resumo: | This study compared tidepool fish assemblages within and among habitats at Iparana and Pecém beaches, State of Ceará, Northeast Brazil, using visual census techniques. A total of 8,914 fishes, representing 25 families and 43 species were recorded. The most abundant taxon was Sparisoma spp, followed by Haemulon parra (Desmarest, 1823), Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) and Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Haemulidae was the most abundant family in number of individuals, followed by Scaridae, Acanthuridae and Pomacentridae. Within- and between- site differences in species assemblages probably reflected environmental discontinuities and more localized features, such as pool isolation episodes, or environmental complexity, both acting isolated or interactively. The locality of Iparana was probably subjected to a greater fishing pressure and tourism than Pecém, a potential cause for the observed lowest fish abundance and biodiversity. We conclude that tidepool ichthyofauna may be quite variable between and within reef sites. Thus, observations taken from or damages caused on one area may not be generalized to or mitigated by the protection of adjacent sites.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212008000300013
Editor: | Museu de Ciências Naturais
Relação: | 10.1590/S0073-47212008000300013
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Iheringia. Série Zoologia  v.98 n.3 2008
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess