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Benthic microalgae community response to flooding in a tropical salt flat
- Source :
- Brazilian Journal of Biology v.76 n.3 2016, Brazilian Journal of Biology, Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE), instacron:IIE, Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol 76, Iss 3, Pp 577-582, Brazilian Journal of Biology, Volume: 76, Issue: 3, Pages: 577-582, Published: 19 APR 2016
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Linköpings universitet, Tema Miljöförändring, 2016.
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Abstract
- This research evaluated the effect of flooding on the microphytobenthos community structure in a microbial mat from a tropical salt flat. Field samples were collected during four consecutive days: on the first three days the salt flat was dry, on the fourth day it was flooded by rain. In order to evaluate the community maintained in flood conditions, samples from this area were collected and kept in the laboratory for 10 days with sea water. The results of total abundance of microphytobenthos varied from 4.2 × 108 to 2.9 × 109 organisms L–1, total density increased one order of magnitude under the effect of water for both situations of precipitation in the salt flat and in experimental conditions, an increase due to the high abundance of Microcoleus spp. Shannon index (H’) was higher during the desiccation period. Our data suggest that changes in the abundance of organisms were due to the effect of water. The dominance of the most abundant taxa remained the same under conditions of desiccation and influence of water, and there is probably a consortium of microorganisms in the microbial mat that helps to maintain these dominances. Resumo Esse trabalho avaliou os efeitos da inundação na estrutura da comunidade microfitobentônica de um tapete microbiano em uma planície hipersalina tropical. As amostragens foram realizadas no campo durante quatro dias consecutivos: nos três primeiros dias o local estava seco e no quarto dia foi inundando com chuva. Para avaliar a comunidade mantida em condições de inundação, foram coletadas amostras dessa região, sendo mantidas em laboratório por 10 dias com água do mar. Os resultados mostraram que a abundância total do microfitobentos variou de 4.2 × 108 a 2.9 × 109 organismos L–1, a densidade aumentou em uma ordem de grandeza com a influência da água, tanto na planície hipersalina como nas condições experimentais, um aumento que foi devido às maiores abundâncias de Microcoleus spp. O índice de Shannon (H’) foi mais elevado durante o período de dessecação. Nossos dados sugerem que as mudanças na abundância dos organismos foram devidas ao efeito da água, a dominância dos táxons mais abundantes permaneceu a mesma durante as condições de dessecação e inundação, e possivelmente existe um consórcio entre os microrganismos do tapete microbiano no qual eles ajudam a manter essa dominância.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Geologic Sediments
microphytobenthos
Microorganism
Rain
Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser
Biology
Sodium Chloride
Cyanobacteria
01 natural sciences
cyanobacteria
03 medical and health sciences
Diversity index
Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources
lcsh:Botany
lcsh:Zoology
Microalgae
Dominance (ecology)
Seawater
Microbial mat
lcsh:QL1-991
lcsh:Science
lcsh:QH301-705.5
hypersaline environment
Tropical Climate
Ecology
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
cianobactérias
Community structure
Water
ambientes hipersalinos
Adaptation, Physiological
Floods
lcsh:QK1-989
030104 developmental biology
Agronomy
lcsh:Biology (General)
Benthic zone
microfitobentos
lcsh:Q
Microcoleus spp
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Desiccation
Environmental Monitoring
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Brazilian Journal of Biology v.76 n.3 2016, Brazilian Journal of Biology, Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE), instacron:IIE, Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol 76, Iss 3, Pp 577-582, Brazilian Journal of Biology, Volume: 76, Issue: 3, Pages: 577-582, Published: 19 APR 2016
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....677badd95b467dfe674a95453416b4c0