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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_EstudoEstruturalUltra.pdf: 12940869 bytes, checksum: 5ea05896e4850498edddda10ce072761 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Macrobrachium amazonicum is the most commercially-explored fresh water shrimp in the Amazon, finding great acceptance in the consuming market. The objective of this work is to characterize the structure and the ultrastructure of the gonads of different M. amazonicum morfotipos in natural population. The shrimps (500 specimen) were collected in Furo das Marinhas (Mosqueiro – PA), by local fishermen and brought alive to the Laboratório, in an appropriate box containing local water. Fifty males were selected, weight, measured and killed. Gonads were collected and fragments were fixed in 2,5% glutaraldehyde 4% paraformaldehyde in sodium caccodylate buffer at 0,1M pH 7,2. For light microscopy the fragments were processed according to the standard histological technique for paraffin embedding. The sections were stained with Hematoxilin and Eosin. For transmission electron microscopy the gonads were post-fixed with 1% osmium tetroxide in sodium caccodylate buffer at 0,1M pH 7,2 and processed for embedding in Epon resin. Semithin sections were stained with toluidin blue. For scanning electron microscopy the fixed and post-fixed specimens were dehydrated, submitted to the critical CO2 drying point and then coated with gold and examined in electron microscope. Four morfotips in natural population were observed, in agreement with corporal dimensions and coloration. The morfotips were denominated as TC, CC, GC and GC’ according to Moraes-Riodades (2002). The biometric relation total/length cephalothorax and total/weight had presented negative allometrie.The testicles and are located in the cephalothorax. The testicle is constituted by seminiferous tubules; each tubule presents a very thin capsule of conjunctive tissue that divides the parenquime of the organ. The tubule is covered by flat cells and in its interior we observed a cell population of spermatogenic lineage in different maturation phases that were denominated as: spermatogônias, spermatocytes, spermatids and spermatozoids. The spermatogonias are the largest cells with cromatina organized in clots, located eccentrically in the tubule. The spermatocytes are round cells with cromatina in dense clots. The spermatids are small cells with great amounts of mitochondria. The spermatozoids are concave cells in the apical portion and convex cells in the distal portion, presenting a small spike assuming an aspect similar to a cup. In cross section, the vas deferens come covered by conjunctive tissue and they can present from a cubic to a cylindrical epithelium; they present in their interior an agglomeration of feeder cells located in the eccentric portion and spermatozoids located in the lumen of the ducts.The structural analysis of the M. amazonicum gonads, demonstated the of three distinct morfotips in the Furo das Marinhas. / O Macrobrachium amazonicum corresponde ao camarão de água doce mais explorado comercialmente na Amazônia, encontrando grande aceitação no mercado consumidor. Este trabalho teve como objetivo caracterizar a estrutura e a ultraestrutura das gônadas de diferentes morfotipos de M. amazonicum em população natural. 500 exemplares foram coletados do Furo das Marinhas e acondicionados em caixa de isopor e levados para o laboratório, onde foram identificados sexualmente e realizada a biometria com o auxílio de um paquímetro digital e pesados em balança digital. As gônadas de 50 machos foram dissecadas e fixadas em Karnovsky. Após 24h, as amostras foram desidratadas e incluídas em parafina. Em seguida, foram feitos cortes seriados de 5μm de espessura e corados em Hematoxilina e Eosina. Para a microscopia eletrônica, as gônadas foram pós-fixadas com tetróxido de osmio a 1% por duas horas em temperatura ambiente, desidratadas em série crescentes de álcool e incluídas em Epon 812®. Os cortes semi-finos foram corados com azul de toluidina a 1%. Os cortes ultrafinos foram contrastados com acetato de uranila e citrato de chumbo, sendo posteriormente analisados e fotografados em microscópio eletrônico de transmissão Zeiss 900. Para a microscopia eletrônica de varredura, as amostras foram fixadas, pós-fixadas e submetidas à secagem em ponto crítico em CO2 e posteriormente colocadas em stubs e submetidas à metalização com cobertura de ouro de 10nm de espessura para a análise em microscópio eletrônico varredura. Na população natural foram observados quatro morfotipos, de acordo com as dimensões corporais e a coloração. Os morfotipos foram denominados como TC, CC, GC e GC’ segundo a classificação de Moraes-Riodades (2002). As relações biométricas comprimento total e comprimento cefalotórax indicaram crescimento alométrico negativo e as relações peso e comprimento também indicaram alometria negativa. Os testículos estão localizados no cefalotórax e são constituídos por túbulos seminíferos; cada túbulo apresenta uma cápsula de tecido conjuntivo bem delgada que divide o parênquima do órgão. O túbulo é revestido por células achatadas e em seu interior foi observado uma população de células da linhagem espermatogênica em diferentes fases de maturação que foram denominadas de: espermatogônias; espermatócitos; espermátides e espermatozóides. As espermatogônias são as maiores células com cromatina organizada em grumos, situadas excentricamente no túbulo. Os espermatócitos são células arredondadas com cromatina em grumos densos. As espermátides são células pequenas com grandes quantidades de mitocôndrias. Os espermatozóides são células côncavas na porção apical e convexa na porção distal, apresentando uma pequena espícula assumindo um aspecto semelhante a uma taça ou cálice. Em corte transversal, os ductos deferentes apresentam-se revestidos por tecido conjuntivo e podem apresentar um epitélio cúbico a cilíndrico; apresentam em seu interior um aglomerado de células nutridoras localizadas na porção excêntrica e espermatozóides situados no lúmen dos ductos. A análise estrutural das gônadas de M. amazonicum, demonstrou a existência três morfotipos distintos no Furo das Marinhas.

Arid and semiarid river systems in Western Queensland, Australia, are characterized by the unpredictable and highly variable nature of their hydrological regimes as a result of the episodic nature of rain events in the region. These dryland rivers typically experience episodic floods and extremely low or no flow periods. During low or no flow periods, water persists only in relatively wide and deep sections of the river channels, which are called 'waterholes'. These isolated waterholes serve as refugia for aquatic species during protracted intervals between floods. In such discontinuous riverine habitat, dispersal of freshwater species may be achieved only during wet seasons, when water is flowing in rivers and the nearby floodplains. Obligate aquatic species occur in habitats that represent discrete sites surrounded by inhospitable terrestrial landscapes. Thus, movements are very much limited by the physical nature and arrangement of the riverine system. In addition, the distribution of a species may be also largely dependent on historical events. Landscape and river courses continually change over geological time, often leaving distinct phylogenetic 'signatures', useful in reconciling species' biology with population connectivity and earth history. The main aim of this study was to resolve the relative importance of contemporary and historical processes in structuring populations of two freshwater species in Western Queensland river systems. To address this aim, a comparative approach was taken in analysing patterns of genetic variation of two freshwater invertebrates: a snail (Notopala sublineata) and a prawn (Macrobrachium australiense). Mitochondrial sequences were used for both the species. In addition, allozyme and microsatellites markers were employed for N. sublineata. These species have similar distributions in Western Queensland region, although N. sublineata appears to be extinct in some catchments. M. australiense is thought to have good dispersal abilities due to a planktonic larval phase in its life cycle and good swimming capabilities, whereas N. sublineata is thought to have limited dispersal abilities, because of its benthic behaviour and because this species is viviparous. It was hypothesised that these freshwater invertebrates, would display high levels of genetic structure in populations, because physical barriers represented by terrestrial inhospitable habitat, are likely to impede gene flow between populations inhabiting isolated river pools. Genetic data for the two species targeted in this study supported this hypothesis, indicating strong population subdivision at all spatial scales investigated (i.e. between and within catchments). This suggests that contemporary dispersal between isolated waterholes is relatively restricted, despite the potential good dispersal abilities of one of the species. It was hypothesised that levels of gene flow between populations of aquatic species were higher during the Quaternary (likely movements of individuals across catchment boundaries) and that they have been isolated relatively recently. There is evidence that historically gene flow was occurring between populations, suggesting that episodic dispersal across catchment boundaries was likelier in the past. Episodic historical movements of aquatic fauna were facilitated by higher patterns of river connectivity as a result of the climate changes of the Pleistocene. Because the two species targeted in this study exhibit analogous spatial patterns of evolutionary subdivision it is likely that they have a shared biogeographic history. The unpredictable flow regime of rivers in Western Queensland is likely to have considerable effects on the genetic diversity of aquatic populations. First, if populations of obligate freshwater organisms inhabiting less persistent waterholes are more likely to experience periodic bottlenecks than those inhabiting more persistent ones, they would be expected to have lower levels of genetic diversity. Second, if populations inhabiting less persistent waterholes periodically undergo local extinction with subsequent recolonisation, there should be higher levels of genetic differentiation among them, due to the founder effects, than among those populations inhabiting more persistent waterholes. Contrary to the first prediction, the observed levels of genetic diversity in both N. sublineata and M. australiense were high in both more persistent and less persistent waterholes. There was no tendency for genetic diversity to be lower in less persistent than in more persistent waterholes. However, when Cooper waterholes were ranked in order of persistence, positive correlation between water persistence time in waterholes and genetic diversity was detected in N. sublineata but not in M. australiense. Contrary to the second prediction, highly significant genetic differentiation was found among populations from both less persistent and more persistent waterholes. This indicates that not only populations from less persistent but also those from more persistent waterholes were very dissimilar genetically. This study demonstrated the importance of both contemporary and historical processes in shaping the population structure of obligate freshwater species in Western Queensland river systems. It has indicated that contemporary movements of freshwater species generally are extremely limited across the region, whereas episodic dispersal across catchment boundaries was possible during the Pleistocene, due to different patterns of river connectivity.

Aquaculture plays an important role in economic development and food security in many countries in the world. World aquaculture production in 2006 was 51.7 million tonnes with an estimated value of US$ 78.8 billion (FAO, 2009). World production will need to increase however by 30-40 million tonnes from its current production level by 2030 to meet growing global demand for fish. In this context, aquaculture in Vietnam has developed rapidly over the past decade and the fisheries sector ranked fourth in terms of export value in 2008 (Vietnamnet, 2008). Total fisheries production in Vietnam in 2007 was 4.149 million tonnes, of which fisheries production from catch and aquaculture were 2.064 and 2.085 million tonnes, respectively. A variety of aquatic species are cultured in Vietnam, but shrimps (mainly Black Tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon, and Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei) and ‘tra’ or ‘basa’ catfish are the most common species used in aquaculture. The giant freshwater prawn (GFP), Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is one of the most important crustacean species in inland aquaculture in many countries across the world where this species is either native or exotic. GFP is suitable for culture in a variety of farming systems, including monoculture or polyculture in ponds, pens, and integrated or rotational rice-prawn culture models. The GFP industry worldwide relies totally on wild or unimproved stocks, a practice that threatens the long-term sustainability of GFP farming due to low productivity and vulnerability of farmed stocks to disease. The current status of GFP aquaculture highlights the need for initiation of a systematic stock improvement program for the species to improve economically important traits. Large-scale selective breeding programs have been instigated for some finfish, salmonids and GIFT tilapia for example, and some selective breeding trials have been conducted on crustacean species, namely marine penaeid shrimp and freshwater crayfish. Examples of selective breeding programs on aquatic species have demonstrated that significant genetic gains can be achieved for growth rates with gains of around 10-20% per generation. While a selective breeding program is an option for GFP stock improvement, an alternative approach to improving GFP productivity, potentially with more immediate effect and one that is less expensive, is crossbreeding which may produce heterosis or hybrid vigour in crossbred offspring. Therefore, a crossbreeding strategy was trialed in the current study as a starting point for a stock improvement program for the GFP industry in Vietnam. The current study assessed the growth performance of three GFP strains (two wild Vietnamese strains from the Dong Nai and Mekong rivers, and a single domesticated Hawaiian strain) and their reciprocal crosses in a complete 3x3 diallel cross, i.e. three purebred and six crossbred strains. The diallel cross was carried out over two consecutive generations (G1 and G2). Juveniles for the experiments were produced using single-pair matings. Juveniles from each strain combination were stocked into three replicate hapas for 15 weeks. Growth data (body weight, carapace length, standard length) from the G1 and G2 were pooled for all subsequent analyses as there was no effect of generation on growth traits. Results showed that the Hawaiian strain performed best among purebred strains, and crosses with the Dong Nai or Mekong strains as dams and the Hawaiian strain as sires grew significantly faster than did the purebred Dong Nai or Mekong strains. These results suggest potential for heterosis among some crosses. Growth data were analyzed in depth by partitioning the strain combination (cross) effect into three components: strain additive genetic effects, heterotic effects, and strain reciprocal effects. Strain additive genetic and reciprocal effects were significant sources of variation for all growth traits measured. Strain additive genetic effects were highest for the Hawaiian strain and lowest for the Mekong strain for all growth traits. Reciprocal effects influenced negatively on growth rate of crosses with the Hawaiian (H) strain as dams and the Dong Nai (D) or Mekong (M) as sires compared with their reciprocal crosses (DH and MH). Heterotic effects for all growth traits were small and not significantly different from zero (P > 0.05). These results indicate that a crossbreeding approach based on the strains evaluated here provides only limited potential for improving growth rates based simply on heterotic outcomes and that a likely more productive option would be to trial artificial selection on a diverse synthetic stock. The current study also employed genetic markers (microsatellites) to characterize levels and patterns of genetic diversity in three purebred strains of GFP that originated from the diallel cross above. All three purebred strains showed relative high levels of genetic diversity in terms of allele number and individual heterozygosity across the six marker loci screened. Levels of genetic diversity present in the three purebred strains combined into a single stock were compared with that from a combination of three wild river stocks to assess the impact of domestication on genetic diversity of a ‘synthetic’ population. Results demonstrated that there was no significant loss of genetic diversity in the three purebred strains combined compared with a reference set containing the three wild populations. Therefore, a synthetic population formed from these purebred strains successfully captured the majority of genetic variation present in the wild broodstock. This synthetic population provides a potential stock for a future selective breeding program for GFP in Vietnam. The current study was also the first attempt to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in key growth genes in GFP. Two key candidate genes were targeted, actin and crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH), that are potentially linked to growth performance in GFP. The study screened SNPs in GFP females only, because growth performance of GFP males is influenced strongly by social rank. The study identified four SNPs in intron 3 of the CHH gene that were significantly correlated with individual body weight at harvest, while no SNPs detected in the actin gene were associated with growth traits in GFP. This finding however, needs to be confirmed using larger sample sizes and other GFP lines. The current study has produced important basic knowledge relevant to implementation of an effective stock improvement program for GFP in Vietnam. Results indicate that a selective breeding strategy rather than a crossbreeding approach is likely to be the best strategy for improving GFP culture stocks in Vietnam. In addition, the study demonstrates that application of modern molecular genetic technologies can be efficient in developing a genetically diverse, synthetic population for stock improvement and for identifying potential markers correlated with important commercial traits in GFP. Integration of DNA techniques with traditional breeding practices can facilitate GFP stock improvement in Vietnam and accelerate the industry development when improved lines are available. Some limitations of the current study and recommendations for further work are discussed.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-05-19Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:00:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 nogueira_m_dr_jabo.pdf: 383392 bytes, checksum: f9f8dbb7716417553719cfb4482ef445 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Nas últimas décadas, a carcinicultura de água doce é um dos setores que mais cresceu dentro da aqüicultura. Muitas pesquisas têm sido realizadas a fim de buscar metodologias para se ter uma produção sustentável, ou seja, lucrativa e com baixo impacto ambiental. Neste contexto, o presente estudo analisou a qualidade da água de abastecimento e efluente em todas as fases do cultivo do camarão-da-amazônia, Macrobrachium amazonicum. Nas fases de larvicultura e berçário o sistema de cultivo adotado foi com recirculação de água e densidade de estocagem de 80 larvas/L e 7 pós-larvas/L, respectivamente. Foram realizadas análises microbiológicas representada pelo Número Mais Provável de Escherichia coZi e análises fisicas e químicas para a verificação de pH, temperatura, sólidos totais suspensos, demanda bioquímica de oxigênio, nitrogênio total, nitrito, nitrato, da água de abastecimento e efluente de 5 tanques de cultivo, em cada uma dessas fases. Na fase de crescimento final, foram analisados 12 viveiros de fundo natural, com fluxo contínuo de água e densidade de estocagem de 40, 60, 80 e 100 juvenis/m2, cujo delineamento experimental utilizado foi blocos inteiramente casualizados com 4 tratamentos e 3 repetições. Foram realizadas as mesmas análises microbiológicas, fisicas e químicas citadas nas fases de larvicultura e berçário, com o acréscimo nesta da análise de demanda química de oxigênio. Nesta fase, ainda realizou-se o balanço dos nutrientes: nitrogênio total, sólidos totais suspensos e demanda bioquímica de oxigênio para a obtenção de mais infonnações sobre o comportamento dessas variáveis na dinâmica dos viveiros. Em todas as fases, os resultados obtidos revelaram que a qualidade da água do efluente estava de acordo... / In recent decades, the freshwater carcinicultura is one of the sectors that more grew inside of the aquaculture. Many research have been carried out in order to develops methodologies for sustainable production, that is, lucrative and with low environrnent impact. In that context, the present study we analyzed the quality of the water of supply and effluent in alI the stages of the culture of the Macrobrachium amazonicum. In the stages of lavircultura and nursery the system of adopted culture was with recirculation of water and density of 80 stockage of larvae/L and 7 juveniles/L, respectively. Were conducted microbiological analysis represents for the number of Escherichia colí and physical and chemical analyses for the verification of pH, temperature, total suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, total nitrogen, nitrite and nitrate, of the water of supply and efluent of 5 tanks of culture, in each one of the stages. In the final stages of growth, 12 ponds of deep natural had been analyzed, with continuous flow of water and density of stockage of 40, 60, 80 and 100 juveniles/m 2, whose used experimental delineation was fulIy randomized blocks with 4 treatments and 3 repetitions. The same microbiological, physical and chemical analyses cited in the larvicultura and nursery had been carried out, with the addition in this of the analysis of chemical oxygen demando At this stage, was become balance of the nutrients: total nitrogen, suspended total solids and biochemical oxygen demand for the attainment of more information on the behavior of these variable in the dynamics of the ponds. At all stages, the results showed that water quality of the effiuent was in accordance with the current law and that did not have significant difference between the water and effluent... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Antonio Fernando Monteiro Camargo / Banca: Jairo Augusto Campos Araujo / Banca: Wagner Cotroni Valenti / Banca: Ana Eliza Baccarin Leonardo / Banca: Margarete Mallasen / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o sistema integrado do berçário secundário do camarão-da-amazônia (Macrobrachium amazonicum) com o cultivo hidropônico de alface (Lactuca sativa L.) e agrião (Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum). O experimento foi conduzido durante o inverno no Setor de Carcinicultura do Centro de Aqüicultura da Unesp - CAUNESP - Jaboticabal, SP. Os juvenis I (provenientes do berçário primário) com peso médio inicial de 0,08±0,03g, foram estocados em quatro viveiros escavados (90m²) sob ambiente protegido em uma densidade de 80 juvenis/m². Os camarões foram alimentados com ração comercial peletizada (45% PB) a uma taxa de 9 a 6 % da biomassa. Após noventa dias de cultivo, foi observado aumento médio de 0,98g dos camarões e sobrevivência média de 76%. O sistema hidropônico utilizado foi o NFT - "Nutrient Film Thecnic", no qual a água dos viveiros era bombeada e circulava nos canais hidropônicos durante intervalos de 15 minutos pré-determinados através de um temporizador, e após isso, retornavam para os viveiros. As mudas de alface e agrião foram transplantadas para o sistema aos 25 dias após a semeadura e cultivadas por 45 dias até serem colhidas. Foram estudados cinco tratamentos com seis repetições, para avaliar os efeitos da pulverização e/ou do gotejamento com solução nutritiva na biomassa das plantas cultivadas. O agrião conseguiu seu melhor desenvolvimento com duas pulverizações semanais e gotejamento. Esta hortaliça foi capaz de atingir o tamanho comercial mesmo sem a adição de solução nutritiva. No entanto a alface que não alcançou o tamanho comercial em nenhum tratamento utilizado. Portanto a água residual do sistema de berçário secundário de camarão-da-amazônia foi suficiente para atender a demanda no cultivo do agrião, mas não o da alface. O acréscimo nos valores de nutrientes... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Integrated system of the nursery Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) with the hydroponics culture. The aim of this research was to study the integration of the secondary nursery of Macrobrachium amazonicum and the hydroponic culture of lettuces (Sativa Lactuca L.) and watercresses (Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum). The experiment was lead 90 days during the winter in the sector of prawn farming of the CAUNESP - Jaboticabal, SP. The juveniles, proceeding from the primary nursery (0.08±0.03g), had been stoked in four earthen ponds (90m2) under protected environment in a density of 80 juveniles/m2.The juveniles had been fed with a commercial marine shrimp diet (45% PB) to a tax of 9 to 6% of the biomass. After the total harvest, was observed an increase in the weight of the prawns of 0.08g for 1.06g and a survival of 76%. The maximum and minimum temperatures of the water of the ponds and the environment, the relative humidity of internal and external air to the protected system, the precipitation and daily sunstroke had been measured during the experiment. Was used hydroponics system "Nutrient Film Thecnic", which the water of the ponds was pumped and remained in the hydroponics, and after this, returned for the ponds. The lettuces and watercresses had been planted for the system with 25 days of life and had remained per 45 days until being collected. Five treatments with six repetitions were tested, to evaluate the effect of the spraying and/or the dripping with nutritional solution in the biomass of the produced plants. The results indicate that water-cresses cultivated in hidroponia with water of the prawn farming nurseries had obtained its better development with a weekly two spraying and dripping. This plant was capable to exactly reach the commercial weight without the addition of nutritional solution... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T15:05:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 arquivo1797_1.pdf: 494985 bytes, checksum: 49085c55ca04e2212bd3d03cd5d25893 (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Este trabalho teve como objetivos desenvolver técnicas de cultivo em massa do copépodo Tisbe biminiensis em volumes de 5 litros e avaliar o seu desempenho como substituto da Artemia na larvicultura do camarão Macrobrachium rosenbergii. O cultivo do copépodo foi realizado em caixas plásticas (32 x 47 x 14,5 cm) munidas de aeração, com 5 litros de água do mar filtrada, sob temperatura ambiente e salinidade de 35°/oo. O alimento fornecido diariamente foi ração para peixes de aquário e a cada dois dias, nas trocas de água, 500ml das diatomáceas Phaeodactylum tricornutum ou Thalassiosira fluviatilis. Em todos os experimentos o número de copépodos foi estimado por subamostragem. O teste de desempenho do copépodo na larvicultura do M. rosenbergii foi realizado com quatro réplicas para cada um dos cinco tratamentos: 0, 25, 50, 75 e 100% de introdução de copépodo. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que a coleta semanal de prole e a presença de sedimento arenoso não afetaram o crescimento dos copépodos. Os testes de sustentabilidade dos cultivos demonstraram que T. biminiensis cresceu bem em laboratório mantendo altas densidades por períodos de até 130 dias. O sistema de cultivo produziu uma média de 28.000indivíduos/l/dia A população de copépodos se recuperou 4 dias após a retirada da prole. A substituição da Artemia pelo T. biminiensis não foi favorável a M. rosenbergii, porém as altas mortalidades observadas no controle indicam algum tipo de problema no sistema de cultivo que pode ter influenciado os resultados

The purpose of this research was to develop and standardize a novel feeding bioassay with Macrobrachium rosenbergii for use in the laboratory and allowing it to be easily deployed under field conditions. Standardization of the test aimed to minimize feeding rate variations and to ensure that subsequent statistical analyses have sufficient power to consistently detect changes in feeding rates. These were accomplished through the development of a post-exposure feeding toxicity test under laboratory, microcosm and in situ/field conditions. This procedure was proven to be repeatable and economical. M. rosenbergii as test animals were available in terms of quantity and uniformity in sizes. The standard guidelines and procedures for M. rosenbergii bioassay developed from this study include the size of test animals (9-10 mm), density in exposure containers (10 animals in 500 mL of medium in the laboratory, 10 animals in field chambers with 98.6 mL volume), exposure time (24 hours), feeding period for post-exposure feeding (4 hours) and number of replicates for the feeding test (10 replicates for individual measurements). The tiered approach used in the preliminary risk assessment of pesticide using TOXSWA was capable of screening the risk level of pesticide in the study area, identifying profenofos and dimethoate as test chemicals for the lethal and sub-lethal experiments. This model was beneficial in the preliminary risk assessment of pesticides in the tropics, since it was not necessary to set up laboratory work. This method could also provide preliminary data to support the environmental planner and decision/policy maker. This is an alternative way to develop a cost efficient model to inform and warn the risk of pesticide use. The effects of pH, temperature and hardness on control post-exposure feeding rates of M. rosenbergii were assessed and indicated that M. rosenbergii was very sensitive to acidic and basic conditions. The use of post-exposure feeding inhibition as the endpoint under laboratory conditions revealed that prawns were sensitive to pesticides (chlorpyrifos, dimethoate and profenofos) and a heavy metal (zinc). Post-exposure feeding rate inhibition could be used as a sublethal endpoint as the EC50 values obtained for chlorpyrifos and zinc were lower than their lethal levels. Mortality of prawn was also another endpoint used to define the toxicity of pesticides such as carbendazim, in which mortality occurred during exposure, but post-exposure feeding rate of the surviving animals did not decrease. The microcosm experiments were able to link the laboratory toxicity tests and the effects observed in the field. Microcosm studies provided another dimension to studies looking at pesticide effects on aquatic systems. In this research, carbendazim affected feeding and survival rates in the microcosm set-up but in the laboratory only mortality showed a significant difference (P < 0.05). In situ bioassays were able to show the effects of pesticides on post-exposure feeding rates using the methods developed. Post-exposure feeding rates were significantly lower than control in farms using pesticides while in uncontaminated sites (pesticide-free), the post-exposure feeding rates did not decrease. However, mortality was observed even in the uncontaminated sites which could be attributed to other factors such as low dissolved oxygen and presence of some other unidentified chemical substances. The degree of mortality and the effect on feeding rates depends not only on the type and concentration of the known pesticide but also on water quality parameters. The basic methods developed for in situ bioassay from this research is a simple, easy and fast way to determine the effect of pesticides because the results can be seen in the field. The procedures developed and results obtained from this study can be used as a basis for further toxicity studies on M. rosenbergii and other potential tropical species.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 22974 bytes, checksum: 99c771d9f0b9c46790009b9874d49253 (MD5) Dissertacao_FecundidadeFertilidadeCamarao.pdf: 1103205 bytes, checksum: be5bae00233b21fdd3fb5b393056a9a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / FAPESPA - Fundação Amazônia de Amparo a Estudos e Pesquisas / O Macrobrachium amazonicum é o camarão de água doce com ampla exploração pesqueira na região amazônica, em virtude da abundância e boa aceitação no mercado consumidor. O objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar a fecundidade e fertilidade de M. amazonicum em dois ambientes estuarinos no Estado do Pará. De forma que foram realizadas coletas mensais no período de setembro de 2008 a agosto de 2009, nos município de Vigia e Belém na Ilha de Mosqueiro, as fêmeas foram até o Laboratório de Ecologia Aquática e Aqüicultura Tropical - LECAT no campus da Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia – UFRA, em Belém. Para a determinação da fecundidade foram colecionadas mensalmente em média 30 fêmeas ovígeras de cada ponto de coleta, os ovos aderidos aos pleópodes foram retirados, utilizando hipoclorito de sódio como 2% de cloro ativo e estocado em álcool 70%. A fecundidade individual foi determinada a partir da contagem total dos ovos. Para a determinação do volume dos ovos foram selecionados de cada local de coleta, aleatoriamente, 50% do número total de fêmeas ovígeras destinadas a fecundidade, seguindo dois grupos: ovos pigmentados e não-pigmentados. Para determinar a fertilidade, as fêmeas ovígeras de M. amazonicum foram estocadas individualmente em aquários de vidro de 2L. Após a eclosão, as larvas foram sifonadas e contadas. Para todas as fêmeas foi aferido o peso de cada exemplar e avaliada sua biometria com o auxílio de um paquímetro de precisão. As fêmeas de M. amazonicum oriundas do Município de Vigia tiveram comprimento absoluto entre 4,8 e 9,3 cm e peso entre 2,21 e 11,81g, com fecundidade absoluta entre 38 e 5.749 ovos (2.296 ± 1.288 ovos). Para as fêmeas de Belém, provenientes da ilha de Mosqueiro, o comprimento variou entre 3,71 e 8,14 cm, o peso entre 1,27 e 11,2g, com fecundidade absoluta variando de 123 e 7.571, com média de 1.448 ± 990 ovos. O volume de ovos para as fêmeas obtidas no Município de Vigia, referente aos ovos não-pigmentados, apresentou volume médio de 141,37mm³, enquanto que para ovos pigmentados o volume foi de 116,13mm³. As fêmeas provenientes da Ilha de Mosqueiro, com ovos não-pigmentados apresentaram volume médio de 118,97mm³ e ovos pigmentados o volume médio calculado foi de 144,61mm³. A análise da fertilidade para as fêmeas do município de Vigia apresentou comprimento entre 5,41 e 9,72 cm e peso entre 2,51 e 9,60g, a fertilidade absoluta foi 14 e 4.430 larvas, com média de 1.152 ± 822 larvas por fêmea. As da ilha de Mosqueiro apresentaram comprimento entre 3,53 e 7,67 cm e peso entre 1,12 e 8,77 g com fertilidade absoluta entre 7 e 4.121 e média de 755 ± 871 larvas por fêmea. Os valores referentes a fertilidade e fecundidade para os município de Vigia e Belém - Ilha de Mosqueiro indicam que há proporcionalidade entre as variáveis de comprimento e peso. Apesar de apresentar fecundidade e fertilidade menor que os valores reprodutivos apresentados para outras espécies de interesse comercial, os valores aqui mostrados evidenciam que nestes dois locais a espécie podem fornecer matrizes potenciais para aquicultura. / The Macrobrachium amazonicum is a freshwater prawn with ample fishing exploration in the Amazon region, virtue of the abundance and good acceptance in the consuming market. The aim of this study was to characterize the fecundity and fertility of M. amazonicum in two estuaries environments in the State of Pará. Of form that was accomplished monthly collections in the period of September 2008 the August 2009, in the city of Vigia and Belém in the Island of Mosqueiro, the females were until the Laboratory of Ecology Aquatic and Tropical Aquaculture - LECAT in the campus of the Agricultural University Federal of the Amazom - UFRA in Belém. For the determination of fecundity 30 females were collected monthly on average ovigerous of each point of collection, the eggs adhered to the pleopods were removed, using sodium hypochlorite as 2 % of active and stored chlorine in alcohol 70%. The individual fecundity was determined from the total counting of eggs. For a determination of the volume of eggs it was selected of each place of collection randomly 50% of the total number of destined females ovigerous the fecundity, following two groups: eggs pigmented and non-pigmented. To determine fertility, ovigerous females of M. amazonicum were stored in individual glass tanks 2L. After hatching, the larvae were siphoned and counted. For all females was measured the weight of each specimen and evaluated their biometrics with the aid of a precision caliper. Females of M. amazonicum coming from the Municipality of Vigia had absolute length between 4.8 and 9.3 cm and weighing between 2.21 and 11.81 g with absolute fecundity between 38 and 5749 eggs (2296 ± 1288 eggs). For females of Belém, from the island of Mosqueiro, the length varied between 3.71 and 8.14 cm, weight between 1.27 and 11.2 g with absolute fecundity ranged from 123 and 7571, mean 1448 ± 990 eggs. The volume of eggs for females obtained in the City Watch, referring to the non-pigmented eggs, had an average volume of 141.37 mm³, whereas for pigmented egg volume was 116.13 mm³. Females from the island of Mosqueiro, with non-pigmented eggs an average volume of 118.97 mm³ pigmented eggs and the average volume was calculated at 144.61 mm³. The analysis of fertility in the females of Vigia had a length between 5.41 and 9.72 cm and weighing between 2.51 and 9.60 g absolute fertility was 14 and 4430 larvae mean 1152 ± 822 larvae per female. The island of Mosqueiro had a length between 3.53 and 7.67 cm and weighing between 1.12 and 8.77 g of absolute fertility between 7 and 4121 and averaged 755 ± 871 larvae per female. The referring values fertility and fecundity for the Vigia and Belém - Island of Mosqueiro indicate that it has proportionality enters the variables of length and weight. Although showing lower fertility and fecundity values presented for breeding other species of commercial interest, the values shown here show that these two places the species meets provide arrays potential for aquaculture.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-08-24T18:39:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Cristiane Honorato Cunha.pdf: 767814 bytes, checksum: 805ea6db9e6a4462ae4375d06559e0fd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T18:39:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Cristiane Honorato Cunha.pdf: 767814 bytes, checksum: 805ea6db9e6a4462ae4375d06559e0fd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-25 / Macrobrachium acanthurus is the freshwater prawn species that is find in almost whole coastal rivers in Brazilian coast. This work was carried out to get information about reproductive aspects of Macrobrachium acanthurus in captivity and the influence on unilateral eyestalk ablation technique. 48 females and 24 males were captured in Sahy river at Mangaratiba/RJ and kept in adaptation for 15 days. Then, the animals carapace length and total length were measured. They were distributed into 20 liters aquariums, each of them with two males and four females. Two females in each aquarium were ablated. Abiotic factors such as pH, ammonia, nitrite and oxygen levels were checked weekly and the water temperature daily. Every day the occurrence of ovigerous females were checked in each aquarium. After three days incubating, the ovigerous females were separated until the larvae eclosion. And then, they were returned to the aquarium for a new phase of reproduction. The animals were fed with ration pellets and pieces of fish. The U test (Mann-Whitney) showed a significant difference among laying intervals between the ablated and non-ablated females. The Pearson correlation showed temperature influence on incubation period on non-ablated females, but on ablated females there was no dependency relationship. The t-test showed no significant difference on fertility, between ablated and non-ablated M. acanthurus. / Macrobrachium acanthurus ? uma esp?cie de camar?o de ?gua doce encontrado em quase todos os rios litor?neos da costa brasileira. Este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de obter informa??es sobre a influ?ncia da t?cnica de abla??o unilateral do ped?nculo ocular na reprodu??o de Macrobrachium acanthurus em cativeiro. Foram utilizados no experimento 48 f?meas e 24 machos, que foram coletados no Rio Sahy, Mangaratiba/RJ e foram mantidas durante 15 dias para a adapta??o. Posteriormente, os animais foram medidos em rela??o ao comprimento da carapa?a e comprimento total, distribu?dos na propor??o de dois machos para quatro f?meas em doze aqu?rios com capacidade de 20 litros. Das quatro f?meas de cada aqu?rio, duas foram abladas. Os fatores abi?ticos como o pH, am?nio, nitrito e oxig?nio dissolvido foram verificados semanalmente e a temperatura da ?gua diariamente. Todos os dias foram verificados a ocorr?ncia de exterioriza??o dos ovos em cada f?mea. As f?meas ov?geras ap?s tr?s dias de incuba??o foram individualizadas at? a eclos?o das larvas. Ap?s a eclos?o das larvas, as f?meas retornaram para o aqu?rio para uma nova fase de reprodu??o. Os animais foram alimentados com ra??o peletizada e peixe fresco. Atrav?s do teste U (Mann-Whitney) foi verificado que houve diferen?a significativa para o intervalo entre as desovas entre f?meas abladas e n?o abladas. Atrav?s da Correla??o de Pearson verificou-se que houve influ?ncia da temperatura no tempo de incuba??o nas f?meas n?o abladas, mas nas f?meas abladas n?o houve rela??o dependente. Atrav?s do teste t foi verificado que n?o houve diferen?a significativa para fertilidade entre as f?meas abladas e n?o abladas de M. acanthurus.

Submitted by Cleide Dantas (cleidedantas@ufpa.br) on 2014-11-10T16:52:04Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 22974 bytes, checksum: 99c771d9f0b9c46790009b9874d49253 (MD5) Dissertacao_BiologiaEcologiaCamarao.pdf: 5706553 bytes, checksum: 5fa8dd7444ad2414f35b1da2dc46ce18 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Rosa Silva (arosa@ufpa.br) on 2014-11-11T14:36:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 22974 bytes, checksum: 99c771d9f0b9c46790009b9874d49253 (MD5) Dissertacao_BiologiaEcologiaCamarao.pdf: 5706553 bytes, checksum: 5fa8dd7444ad2414f35b1da2dc46ce18 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-11-11T14:36:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 22974 bytes, checksum: 99c771d9f0b9c46790009b9874d49253 (MD5) Dissertacao_BiologiaEcologiaCamarao.pdf: 5706553 bytes, checksum: 5fa8dd7444ad2414f35b1da2dc46ce18 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Macrobrachium surinamicum é uma espécie de camarão do Atlântico cuja biologia ainda é pouco conhecida. Na Amazônia ele é frequentemente capturado como fauna associada à M. amazonicum, espécie predominantemente dulcícola amplamente comercializada na região amazônica pela pesca artesanal, atendendo as necessidades alimentícias e econômicas da comunidade ribeirinha. Com o objetivo de caracterizar a distribuição espaço-temporal do camarão dulcícola M. surinamicum na Baía do Guajará e Ilha de Mosqueiro, correlacionando a abundância desta espécie com fatores abióticos (temperatura e salinidade) e, além disso, investigar a estrutura populacional, as principais relações biométricas e elucidar alguns aspectos da reprodução desta espécie, foram realizadas expedições mensais na Baía do Guajará e na Ilha de Mosqueiro de maio/2006 a abril/2007. As amostragens foram realizadas com utilização de armadilhas conhecidas localmente como matapis. Um total de 361 camarões foram capturados sendo a maior abundância em dezembro e a menor em julho de 2006. A maior captura foi na Ilha de Arapiranga e menor na Ilha de Mosqueiro. A abundância diferiu significativamente em dezembro/06 e nenhuma variável estudada teve influência significativa na abundância de M. surinamicum. Os machos foram maiores que as fêmeas e a proporção sexual total não diferiu significativamente do esperado de 1:1. A frequência de fêmeas e machos entre locais e meses foi maior em dois períodos do ano, denotando dois prováveis períodos de recrutamento: um maior de novembro a fevereiro e outro menor, de abril a maio. As relações entre o comprimento do cefalotórax (CC) e as demais variáveis indicaram crescimento alométrico positivo. A maturidade sexual de M. surinamicum ocorreu em tamanhos diferentes para fêmeas e machos, sendo que o tamanho médio da primeira maturação (L₅₀) de fêmeas foi 5,47 mm de CC e de machos 8,85 mm, sendo 6,08 mm para os sexos agrupados. A combinação das maiores freqüências de estágios maturos, ovígeras e desovadas de fêmeas, com os picos de fator de condição relativos (Kr) indicam que as desovas são intermitentes, apresentando, no entanto, um pico desova em janeiro e fevereiro, coincidindo com a maior pluviosidade na região. A Baía do Guajará, especialmente os locais mais abrigados como a Ilha de Arapiranga e do Combu, propiciam o desenvolvimento de M. surinamicum, o que indica que esta espécie tenha preferência para áreas menos antropizadas, se mantendo no estuário tanto nas etapas juvenis quanto adulta, que todos os estádios de maturação gonadal foram encontrados o que torna a Baía de Guajará e a Ilha de Mosqueiro locais importantes para a conservação desse crustáceo.