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Effects of local hydrodynamic regime on the individual's size in intertidal Sabellaria (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) and associated fauna at Cabo Branco beach, north-east Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2011

Cecília Lomônaco ,
André S. Santos  and
Martin L. Christoffersen
Cecília Lomônaco
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 38.400-902, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
André S. Santos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba Campus I, 58.059-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Martin L. Christoffersen*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba Campus I, 58.059-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.L. Christoffersen, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba Campus I, 58.059-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil email: mlchrist@dse.ufpb.br
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Abstract

We aimed to verify the effects of local environmental hydrodynamics on the individual size of two sand-reef sabellariids (Sabellaria wilsoni and S. nanella) on a tropical intertidal beach in north-east Brazil. We also tested the hypothesis that the richness and abundance of their reef-building associated fauna would be influenced by environmental conditions related to the wind and wave action intensity. Individuals from three distinct intertidal levels at Cabo Branco beach (7o8′46″S 34°47′55″W), João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, were sampled, identified, sexed, measured and the fauna associated with the reef samples was identified and quantified. Our statistical tests indicated that reef builders have distinct organization patterns which are related to environmental conditions. The aggregates exposed to the strongest wave and wind conditions presented reduced density and sabellariids of smaller sizes in comparison with the other aggregates. The associated fauna abundance and composition was also influenced by the local hydrodynamic regime.

Keywords

community structureenvironmental hydrodynamicstropical marine faunaSabellariidaeSabellaria
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e76
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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