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2. Better with more or less salt? The association of fish assemblages in coastal lagoons with different salinity ranges
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Franco, Taynara Pontes, Neves, Leonardo Mitrano, and Araújo, Francisco Gerson
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- 2019
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3. Shifts in the abundance and distribution of shallow water fish fauna on the southeastern Brazilian coast: a response to climate change
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Araújo, Francisco Gerson, Teixeira, Tatiana Pires, Guedes, Ana Paula Penha, de Azevedo, Márcia Cristina Costa, and Pessanha, André Luiz Machado
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- 2018
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4. Longitudinal patterns of fish assemblages in a large tropical river in southeastern Brazil: evaluating environmental influences and some concepts in river ecology
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Araújo, Francisco Gerson, Pinto, Benjamin Carvalho Teixeira, and Teixeira, Tatiana Pires
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- 2009
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5. Effect of the wave exposure gradient on juvenile fish community in sandy beaches of the Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil
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Vasconcellos,Ruan Managna, Santos,Joaquim Neto de Sousa, Silva,Márcio de Araújo, and Araújo,Francisco Gerson
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fish ,ichthyofauna ,surf zone ,Rio de Janeiro ,zona de arrebentação ,sandy beach ,ictiofauna ,praia arenosa ,peixe - Abstract
A distribuição e abundância da ictiofauna na zona de arrebentação de praias arenosas do Município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, foram estudadas objetivando detectar variações sazonais ou influências do grau de exposição na estrutura da comunidade de peixes jovens. Amostras trimestrais foram realizadas em 10 praias sendo agrupadas de acordo com o nível de exposição (abrigada, exposta e muito exposta), entre Janeiro e Novembro de 2004, com os arrastos tendo sido efetuados perpendiculares à linha de costa. Foram registrados 6.464 peixes, distribuídos em 38 espécies e 22 famílias, com o predomínio de formas juvenis ou de pequeno porte. As famílias Clupeidae, Carangidae e Sciaenidae representaram 79% do número total de indivíduos e 61% da biomassa total. As espécies de maior participação na biomassa, representando 81% do peso total, foram Harengula clupeola (36%), Orthopristis ruber (14%), Mugil liza (10%), Trachinotus goodei (8%), Trachinotus carolinus (7%) e Umbrina coroides (6%). Três espécies apresentaram maior abundância relativa, tendo cada uma, contribuído acima de 10% do número total (Harengula clupeola, Umbrina coroides e Trachinotus carolinus), mas somente T. carolinus apresentou um padrão bem definido, sendo mais abundante nas zonas abrigadas. As maiores CPUEs (número de indivíduos e biomassa) e o número de espécies foram encontradas nas zonas abrigadas (p < 0,05); sazonalmente nenhum destes indicadores apresentou diferença significativa (p > 0,05). O grau de exposição às ondas foi confirmado como um fator primário na estruturação da comunidade de peixes, com os locais mais abrigados provavelmente associados à maior disponibilidade de organismos planctônicos, menores turbulências e maior estabilidade do substrato. Distribution and abundance of the ichthyofauna of surf zone in sandy beaches of the Rio de Janeiro Municipality, Brazil, were studied aiming to detect seasonal and wave exposure gradient influences on the fish community structure. Quarterly samplings were performed at 10 sites according to the exposure degree (sheltered, exposed and very exposed) between January and November 2004, by using beach seines with hauls carried out perpendicular to the coastline. A total of 6,464 fishes in 38 species and 22 families were identified, mainly juveniles or small sized individuals. The families Clupeidae, Carangidae and Sciaenidae amounted to 79% of the total fish number and 61% of the total biomass. The following species amounted to 81% of the total weight were: Harengula clupeola (36%), Orthopristis ruber (14%), Mugil liza (10%), Trachinotus goodei (8%), Trachinotus carolinus (7%) and Umbrina coroides (6%). Three species showed the highest relative abundance, contributing each one more than 10% of the total number (Harengula clupeola, Umbrina coroides, e Trachinotus carolinus); but only T. carolinus showed a clear pattern, being more abundant in the sheltered beaches. The highest CPUEs (number of individuals and biomass) and number of species values occurred in the sheltered beaches (p < 0.05); none of these indicators showed significant seasonal differences (p > 0.05), although some trends were detected. The wave exposure degree was confirmed as a primary factor influencing the fish community structure, with sheltered sites probably associated to higher plankton availability, lesser turbulence and more substrate stability.
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- 2007
6. Variações temporais e espaciais na composição e estrutura da comunidade de peixes jovens da Baía de Sepetiba, Rio de Janeiro
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Pessanha, André Luiz Machado, Araújo, Francisco Gerson, Azevedo, Márcia Cristina Costa de, and Gomes, Iracema David
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Sepetiba Bay ,fish ,ichthyofauna ,bioecology - Abstract
A year-long beach seine survey at the continental margin of Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, catching mainly young-of-the-year and juvenile fishes was carried out from July 1983 to June 1984, in order to describe the community structure and their spatial and seasonal variations. Fifty-five monthly samplied carried out in five sites in the marginal surf zone waters yielded 11,463 fishes in 82 species, 59 genera and 31 families. Gerreidae, Engraulidi-dae, Atherinidae and Ariidae families amounted 87.01% of the total catch in number, and 81% in weight. Cerres aprion Cuvier, 1829, Anchoa januaria (Steindachner, 1879), Anchoviella lepidentostole (Fowler, 1911), Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) and Neluma barba (Lacépède, 1803) were the most numerous species, each one contributing more the 4% of total catch. Overall, both spatial and seasonal changes in fish were not evident although most individuais were more abundant in the outer Bay. The high number of fish species in this area, suggest the important role played by the Sepetiba Bay in the fish community to where many species probably migrate from the nearby sea and stay in the Bay during part of their life cycle. Decreasing diversity and high dominance of a few number of species seem to indicated a trend of environmental deterioration in the Sepetiba Bay over the last decade, as this date are compared whith similar sampling program carried out in 1993/94. It same to indicated that changes in fish populations which use this area as rearing grounds, occurred during their early life history.
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- 2000
7. Spatial, temporal and diel variations of fish assemblages at two sandy beaches in the Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Pessanha, André Luiz Machado and Araújo, Francisco Gerson
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FISHERIES , *HARENGULA , *MICROPOGONIAS - Abstract
Fish assemblages from two beaches, one in the inner and the other in the outer Sepetiba Bay (latitude: 22°54′–23°04′S; longitude: 43°34′–44°10′W), Southeast Brazil, were sampled by beach seine net, simultaneously, on both seasonal and diel scales, between August 1998 and June 1999. Sites were selected to encompass different environmental conditions which reflect the two bay zones, thus providing a comprehensive assessment of the factors influencing surf zone fish assemblages, and their spatial, seasonal and diel variations. A total of 55 fish species was recorded, mostly young-of-the-year. Anchoa tricolor, Micropogonias furnieri, Gerres aprion, Diapterus rhombeus, Harengula clupeola, Atherinella brasiliensis and Mugil liza were numerically dominant and contributed to 95.2% of the total fish catches. Strong differences in fish assemblages were observed between the two areas, with higher number of species in the outer bay. Increases in fish numbers occurred in winter, while the highest biomass occurred in winter and summer. Transparency, followed by salinity, was responsible for most of the spatial variability and played an important role in structuring fish assemblages. Overall, diel patterns did not reveal any significant trends; however, if we consider each season separately, an increase in fish numbers during the day with peak at sunset was observed in winter, and a higher biomass occurred at night in winter and summer. Species preferences for various combinations of environmental variables are responsible for shifts in the structure and overall abundance of assemblages and dictated some patterns. The sciaenid M. furnieri, the second most abundant species, occurred only in the inner zone, being more abundant in winter. The species of Engraulidae were more abundant in the outer zone in winter/spring during the day. The gerreids G. aprion and D. rhombeus occurred mainly in summer. Overall, temporal fluctuations act more at a specific level than at a structural one, and may be linked to some particular stages of the fish life cycle, but do not significantly influence the spatial organization. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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8. Assessment of biotic condition of Atlantic Rain Forest streams: A fish-based multimetric approach.
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Terra, Bianca de Freitas, Hughes, Robert M., Francelino, Marcio Rocha, and Araújo, Francisco Gerson
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BIOTIC communities , *RIVERS , *RAIN forests , *ECOLOGICAL disturbances , *BIOMASS , *SPECIES diversity - Abstract
Abstract: We developed a preliminary fish-based multimetric index (MMI) to assess biotic condition of Atlantic Rain Forest streams in Southeastern Brazil. We used least-disturbed sites as proxies of reference conditions for metric development. To determine the disturbance gradient we used an Integrated Disturbance Index (IDI) that summarized the multiple disturbances measured at local/regional catchment scales in a single index, describing the totality of exposure of the streams to human pressures. For our 48 sites, nine were least-disturbed (IDI<0.25), five were most-disturbed (IDI>1.35) and 34 were intermediate. Initially, we considered 41 candidate metrics selected primarily from previous studies. We screened this pool of candidate metrics using a series of tests: range test, signal-to-noise test, correlation with natural gradients, responsiveness test, and redundancy test. After screening, we selected six metrics for the MMI: % Characiform individuals, % water column native individuals, % benthic invertivorous individuals, % tolerant species, % intolerant species, and % detritivorous individuals. Metrics such as diversity, dominance, species richness and biomass that have been historically used for assessing ecosystem condition failed one or more screening tests. We conclude that an IDI and rigorous metric screening are critical to the MMI development process and for meaningful assessments of stream condition. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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9. Structure of assemblages of small streams fish from in South-Western Amazonia, Rondônia, Brazil
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Costa, Igor David da, Buchas, Rosana Mazzoni, Petry, Ana Cristina, Caramaschi, Erica Maria Pellegrini, Araújo, Francisco Gerson, and Rosado, Bruno Henrique Pimentel
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Environmental impact ,CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ECOLOGIA [CNPQ] ,Biodiversiade ,Biodiversidade ,Impacto ambiental ,Ictiofauna ,Ichthyofauna ,Peixe - Ji-Paraná, Rio (RO) - Abstract
Submitted by Boris Flegr (boris@uerj.br) on 2020-11-08T17:28:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tesecompleta.pdf: 5101949 bytes, checksum: 403e9993194d7b101c37eb0d4ac084d0 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2020-11-08T17:28:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tesecompleta.pdf: 5101949 bytes, checksum: 403e9993194d7b101c37eb0d4ac084d0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-10 This study evaluates (i) the structure of fish assemblages in upland streams in the Machado River basin, (ii) the effects of the environmental degradation on fish community by comparing undamaged areas (Protected area) and impacted areas (human activities) in the catchment of the Machado river, and (iii) the spatial distribution of fish assemblages in low-order tributaries in the Machado. The species distribution was evaluated based on the occurrence data and analysed using the Parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE). Sampling was performed on August and September 2011, June and August 2012 and July 2013. In total 81 streams were sampled. Fishes were actively collected using seine nets and dip nets. In Chapter 1, a greater number of individuals and species were found in low stretch compared the upper reaches of the basin. Statistical differences were found between the upper reach and the middle and lower reaches. Thus, we reject our hypothesis of differences between the analyzed sections, not confirming the prediction of the that the species richness and abundance increases following a longitudinal gradient. However, despite the lack of confirmation of the hypothesis, a pattern of addition and replacement of species was observed from the top to the middle reache, and a replacement pattern of species was observed in the lower reach. In chapter 2, we point out that deforested streamsttle do not show marked differences in species richness and abundance when compared to preserved streams, this (deforested area) showed high level compositional similarity between the sampled streams (lower beta diversity), unlike the streams located in Rebio, which showed a higher number of species with more specialized habits. Deforested streams showed homogenization of its fish fauna compared to streams provided to riparian forest, reflecting the greater structural homogeneity found in streams with low percentage of vegetation cover. Thus, the removal of vegetation cover in streams with more diversificads and specialized communities, such as the Rebio Jaru, promote homogenization of the species causing the loss of these, as well as the replacement of these by species tolerant to common environmental conditions to altered environments. In Chapter 3, we suggest tha there are no endemism areas in the reffered areas. However, we point out that the difference on the physical structure of streams is the main factor influencing the structure of fish assembly. In this sense is evident that the removal of vegetation in environments with large numbers of specialized fish species may promote the replacement of these by tolerant species and the extinction of species with limited distribution. However, this does not apply to the assembly structure based on the co-occurrence of species, given that the analisis of the whole assembly,with different levels of land use, presented a nonrandom organizational pattern. No presente estudo foi avaliada (i) a estrutura das assembleias de peixes de igarapés de terra-firme ao longo do contínuo fluvial do rio Machado, na bacia do rio Amazonas, (ii) os efeitos de alterações ambientais sobre as assembleias de peixes de igarapés através de comparações entre áreas íntegras (em uma Unidade de conservação) e alteradas por ação antrópica na bacia hidrográfica do rio Machado, e (iii) a organização espacial das assembleias de peixes de tributários de baixa ordem na bacia do rio Machado através da avaliação dos padrões de co-ocorrência das espécies, identificando os possíveis fatores estruturadores dessas assembleias e através de uma Análise de Parcimônia de Endemismo (PAE). As amostragens foram realizadas entre os meses de agosto e setembro de 2011, junho e agosto de 2012 e julho de 2013, totalizando 81 igarapés. Os peixes foram coletados durante uma hora em um trecho de 80 metros, com o auxilio de uma rede de mão (picaré) e um puçá. Para o capítulo 1, um maior número de indivíduos e espécies foram encontradas no trecho baixo quando comparado o trecho alto da bacia. Todavia, somente foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre o trecho alto e os trechos médio e baixo. Assim, rejeitamos nossa hipótese de diferenças entre os trechos analisados, onde esperávamos que a riqueza e abundância de espécies de igarapés aumentaria no gradiente longitudinal cabeceira-foz do rio Machado. Contudo, apesar da não confirmação da hipótese, um padrão de adição e substituição de espécies foi observado do trecho alto para o médio, e um padrão de substituição de espécies foi observado do trecho médio para o baixo. Referente ao capítulo 2, apontamos que apesar da área desflorestada não apresentar diferenças marcantes na riqueza de espécies e abundância, quando comparada com a área com igarapés conservados, esta (área desflorestada) apresentou elevada similaridade a nível composicional entre os igarapés amostrados (menor diversidade beta), diferentemente dos igarapés localizados na Rebio, que apresentaram maior número de espécies com hábitos mais especializados. Igarapés desflorestados apresentaram homogeneização da sua ictiofauna em comparação com igarapés providos de mata ripária, refletindo a maior homogeneização estrutural encontrada em igarapés com baixo percentual de cobertura vegetal. Dessa forma, a retirada da cobertura vegetal em igarapés com comunidades mais diversificads e especializadas, como os da Rebio Jaru, promoveria a homogeneização das espécies acarretando a perda destas, assim como a substituição destas por espécies tolerantes a condições ambientais comuns a ambientes alterados. Para o capítulo 3, embora não tenhamos encontrado áreas de endemismo na bacia analisada, apontamos que a influência da estrutura física dos igarapés sobre a composição de espécies é o principal fator modulador da estruturação da assembleia de peixes. Todavia, tal fator não se aplica a estruturação da assembleia baseada na coocorrência de espécies, haja vista que, a análise de toda a bacia com diferentes níveis de uso de solo, apresentou um padrão organizacional não aleatório
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