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Factors influencing spatial patterns of the ichthyofauna of low energy estuarine beaches in southern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2010

Carlos Werner Hackradt ,
Fabiana Cézar Félix-Hackradt ,
Helen Audrey Pichler ,
Henry Louis Spach  and
Lilyane de Oliveira e Santos
Carlos Werner Hackradt*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, UFPR
Fabiana Cézar Félix-Hackradt
Affiliation:
Instituto Nautilus de Pesquisa e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Avenida Senador Souza Naves, 655, cj 252, Cristo Rei, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP: 88.050-040
Helen Audrey Pichler
Affiliation:
Instituto Nautilus de Pesquisa e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Avenida Senador Souza Naves, 655, cj 252, Cristo Rei, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP: 88.050-040 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, UFPR
Henry Louis Spach
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, UFPR Centro de Estudos do Mar, UFPR, Avenida Beira Mar s/n, CP: 50002, CEP: 83.255-000; Pontal do Sul, Pontal do Paraná, Paraná, Brasil
Lilyane de Oliveira e Santos
Affiliation:
Centro de Estudos do Mar, UFPR, Avenida Beira Mar s/n, CP: 50002, CEP: 83.255-000; Pontal do Sul, Pontal do Paraná, Paraná, Brasil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C.W. Hackradt, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, UFPR, email: hackradtcw@gmail.com
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Abstract

Estuarine beaches are low energy environments found along the coast in several protected places around the world, such as estuaries, bays or areas protected by submerged bars or coral reefs. Although common, these places have been poorly studied. Using a seine net, six beaches were sampled along an environmental gradient for 12 months. During this period, an increase of the dominant species following the increase in salinity and energy values was observed, whilst the opposite pattern occurred for species richness and abundance. Univariate and multivariate analyses showed spatial and temporal variations between beaches and months. Depth and marginal habitats appear to be more important factors than wave height and period, temperature, salinity and pH, which are normally used to describe fish habitat utilization patterns in beaches and estuaries. Nevertheless, specific sampling designs should be proposed to evaluate properly these questions.

Keywords

fishestuarine beachesdominancespatial variation
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 91 , Special Issue 6: Fish Ecology , September 2011 , pp. 1345 - 1357
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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