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PT J
TI Composition of the fish fauna in a tropical estuary: the ecological guild approach
BT 
AF FERREIRA, Valdimere
   LE LOC'H, Francois
   MENARD, Frederic
   FREDOU, Thierry
   FREDOU, Flavia L.
AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;4:1;5:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco UFRPE, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros S-N, BR-52171900 Recife, PE, Brazil.
   Univ Brest, IRD, CNRS, Ifremer,UMR LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Aix Marseille Univ, Univ Toulon, CNRS, IRD,UMR MIO, Marseille, France.
C2 UNIV FED RURAL PERNAMBUCO UFRPE, BRAZIL
   IRD, FRANCE
   IRD, FRANCE
UM LEMAR
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   DOAJ
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 1.172
TC 25
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00505/61650/65569.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;fish;functional attribute;habitat;Pernambuco;spatial-temporal distribution
AB Ecological guilds have been widely applied for understanding the structure and functioning of aquatic ecosystems. This study describes the composition and the spatio-temporal changes in the structure of the fish fauna and the movements between the estuary and the coast of a tropical estuary, the Itapissuma/Itamaraca Complex (IIC) in northeastern Brazil. Fish specimens were collected during the dry and rainy seasons in 2013 and 2014. A total of 141 species of 34 families were recorded. Almost half of the species (66 species, 47%) were exclusive to the estuary and 50 species (35%) to the coast; 25 (18%) were common to both environments. Marine species were dominant in both richness and biomass as they explore the environment during part of their life cycle, whereas estuarine species were dominant in abundance. Marine stragglers displayed a higher richness, abundance and biomass in the coastal waters. The estuarine environment was dominated by zoobenthivores in terms of richness, while detritivores prevailed in abundance and biomass. Zoobenthivores had the highest richness and abundance in coastal waters, while piscivores had the highest biomass. The IIC supports a rich fauna with a diverse trophic structure and is an important feeding and development area for migratory species.
PY 2019
PD JUL
SO Scientia Marina
SN 0214-8358
PU Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas-csic
VL 83
IS 2
UT 000471679400004
BP 133
EP 142
DI 10.3989/scimar.04855.25A
ID 61650
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