Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-01-06T14:31:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 danielaferrodegodoy.pdf: 2931952 bytes, checksum: 08ac03607124e73f9ec9318d1bbc4e9a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diamantino Mayra (mayra.diamantino@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-01-31T11:25:03Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 danielaferrodegodoy.pdf: 2931952 bytes, checksum: 08ac03607124e73f9ec9318d1bbc4e9a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-31T11:25:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 danielaferrodegodoy.pdf: 2931952 bytes, checksum: 08ac03607124e73f9ec9318d1bbc4e9a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-12 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A modelagem pode ser utilizada para determinar a distribuição de uma determinada espécie em uma área. Deste modo, pode auxiliar na conservação de espécies ameaçadas. Neste estudo, modelos foram utilizados para avaliar a influência do habitat, do tipo de presas capturadas por pescadores artesanais e do Valo Grande sobre a presença do boto-cinza na região do Complexo Estuarino Lagunar de Cananéia. Os dados foram coletados entre janeiro de 2012 a novembro de 2014, durante três 3 saídas de campo por estação do ano. Estas saídas de campo foram realizadas em quatro setores pré-definidos, que foram percorridos em transecções lineares. O setor II foi o de maior ocorrência de botos, provavelmente pela proximidade com o oceano adjacente. A distribuição entre os setores foi mais homogênea nas estações mais frias, onde os valores das variáveis ambientais são mais estáveis. Os maiores agrupamentos de animais também foram encontrados no inverno. Os botos foram avistados em diversos valores das variáveis ambientais analisadas. No entanto, as maiores ocorrências foram registradas em águas mais turvas; profundidades maiores que 10 metros; salinidade acima de 10 ppm; e águas mais frias e nas marés de sizígias. A presença do cerco-fixo no estuário também influenciou positivamente a ocorrência dos botos, que utilizam essa armadilha de pesca como barreira, minimizando a fuga das suas presas. A tainha foi a categoria de peixe que teve a maior associação com a presença dos botos, seguida pela guaivira e prejereba. Já o parati e o camarão estuarino apresentaram uma influência negativa com a presença do boto. O modelo preditivo do Valo Grande mostrou que a descarga de água doce influencia de maneira negativa na presença dos botos. Pelo exposto, fica claro que os botos-cinza apresentaram uma distribuição heterogênea dentro do estuário estudado e as áreas de maior concentração merecem maior atenção na elaboração de estratégias de conservação. / Niche modelling can be used to determine the distribution of a particular species in an enviromental space (ecological niche). It may be important to help to preserve endangered species. Therefore, in this study, niche modelling was used to evaluate the influence of: the habitat; the artisanal fishermen‟s catch species; and the Valo Grande on the presence of the Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) in the Estuarine Lagunar Complex of Cananéia, Brazil. The data were collected in three fieldworks per season, from January 2012 to November 2014. The fieldworks took place in four predefinied sectors. These sectors were sampled using a line-transect method. The presence of the Guiana dolphin was observed mostly on sector II. Probably because of the proximity to the adjacent ocean. The distribution among sectors was more homogeneous in the short cool season, when the environmental variables are more stable. The larger dolphin clusters were found during the winter. Guiana dolphins were sighted in a great diversity of environmental conditions. Nonetheless, the highest occurrences were recorded in cooler and turbid waters; depths greater than 10 meters; salinity above 10 ppm; and during spring tides (technically known in Portuguese as 'maré de sizígia'). Furthermore, the presence of an artisanal fish trap, known locally as cerco-fixo, has positively influenced the occurrence of Guiana dolphins in the estuary. The dolphins use cerco-fixo fish traps to corner shoals and reduce the escape routes of their prey. The mullet (Mugil brasiliensis) was the fish species which had the highest positive correlation with the presence of dolphins, followed by the leatherjacket (Oligoplites saurus) and the tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis). On the other hand, the white mullet (Mugil curema) and the whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) had a negative correlation with the presence of the Guiana dolphin. The data collected on the Valo Grande Channel showed that freshwater discharges decrease the presence of Guiana dolphins. We can conclude that the Guiana dolphins have an heterogeneous distribution within the studied estuary. Therefore, the areas of greatest ocurrence deserve greater attention in the development of preservation strategies.

Climate change and human activities alter the hydrologic systems and exerted global scale impacts on our environment with significant implications for water resources. Climate change can be characterized by the change of precipitation and temperature, and both precipitation pattern change and global warming are associated with the increase in frequency of flooding or drought and low flows. With increasing water demand from domestic, agricultural, commercial, and industrial sectors, humans are increasingly becoming a significant component of the hydrologic cycle. Human activities have transformed hydrologic processes at spatial scales ranging from local to global. Human activities affecting watershed hydrology include land use change, dam construction and reservoir operation, groundwater pumping, surface water withdrawal, irrigation, return flow, and others. In this thesis, the hydromorphology (i.e., the change of coupled hydrologic and human systems) of the Econlockhatchee River (Econ River for short) is studied. Due to the growth of the Orlando metropolitan area the Econ basin has been substantially urbanized with drastic change of the land cover. The land use / land cover change from 1940s to 2000s has been quantified by compiling existing land cover data and digitizing aerial photography images. Rainfall data have been analyzed to determine the extent that climate change has affected the river flow compared to land use change. The changes in stream flow at the annual scale and low flows are analyzed. The Econ River has experienced minimal changes in the amount of annual streamflow but significant changes to the amount of low flows. These changes are due to urbanization and other human interferences.

This study involved a dendrochronological examination of oak (Qeurcus.sp) and Scots pine (Pinus.sylvestris) in the nationalpark Blå Jungfrun, by measuring annual ringwidth data from tree-cores from the island, data from the national forest inventory and climatedata from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). Using the analysis program Windendro an annual ringwidth analysis was performed. Trends that occured were that pine respondend more to precipitation than temperature and that oak respondend more to temperature. Ringwidth were higher for Scots pine than oak and for both species lower than on the mainland.

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