Composition of functional ecological guilds of the fish fauna of the internal sector of the Amazon Estuary, Pará, Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Keila R.m. MourÃo¹  Valdimere Ferreira¹  FlÁvia Lucena-frÉdou¹ 

关键词: estuaries;    fish diversity;    functional ecology;    habitat;    salinity gradients;    estuários;    diversidade de peixes;    ecologia funcional;    habitat;    gradiente de salinidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0001-3765201420130503

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The present study describes the spatial and temporal structure of the estuarine fish community in the internal sector of the Amazon Estuary. Samples were obtained in the main channels and tidal creeks of Guajará and Marajó Bays and Guamá River. A total of 41,516 fish specimens were collected, representing 136 taxa, 38 families and 12 orders. In the dry season, the mean salinity of the main channel increased along a limnic-marine gradient, between the Guamá River and the Marajó Bay. Species richness was lowest in the mouth of the Guamá River and in the right margin of the Guajará Bay. Fish species composition and environmental guilds differed markedly among areas: Migrants and Freshwater Stragglers were dominant in the Guamá River and the Guajará Bay, while Estuarine, Marine Stragglers and Migrants predominated in the Marajó Bay. However, the trophic guilds were still relatively well balanced, in functional terms. Piscivores and Zoobenthivores were the dominant feeding functional groups in all the studied areas. In this study, the assessment of the community and the use of the guild approach were efficient to describe the structure and functioning of the assemblages of estuarine fish also helping to assess the anthropogenic pressures in the area.

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