Submitted by Edisangela Bastos (edisangela@ufpa.br) on 2013-02-26T20:17:05Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_UtilizacaoPeixesNativos.pdf: 922451 bytes, checksum: 893a8bf5891eabcf3fd02b05fb69f416 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Rosa Silva(arosa@ufpa.br) on 2013-03-01T17:01:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_UtilizacaoPeixesNativos.pdf: 922451 bytes, checksum: 893a8bf5891eabcf3fd02b05fb69f416 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-03-01T17:01:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_UtilizacaoPeixesNativos.pdf: 922451 bytes, checksum: 893a8bf5891eabcf3fd02b05fb69f416 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / FAPESPA - Fundação Amazônia de Amparo a Estudos e Pesquisas / Indiscriminate dumping of toxic substances impairs and deteriorates the water quality. Fish gills have a large surface area; they remain in close contact with the external environment and are particularly sensitive to changes in water quality, for this reason they are quite relevant for environmental monitoring. This study analyzes the gill structure of the fish species Plagioscion squamossissimus and Lithodoras dorsalis from two different sites located an Amazon estuary. A total of 324 specimens were used, this total 176 were P. squamossissimus and 148 L. dorsalis, removing the second gill arch for histological, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical analyses. The histological changes were analysed semiquantitatively according to the histopathological evaluation. The sampled sites differ regarding the rate of occurrence of altered animals, only site A showed healthy animals, 84% of L. dorsalis and 77% of P. squamossissimus had normal gill structure, with the lamellae lined by simple squamous epithelial, composed of pillar, mucous and chloride cells. However, all the specimens collected in sites B revealed tissue changes in the gill lamellae such as: aneurysm; epithelial lifting; cell proliferation; lamellar fusion and cell hypertrophy, this result was also confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. TUNEL analysis indicated that only animals captured on site B showed apoptotic cells. The presence of injury in gill tissues in the animals captured on site B emphasizes the need for more effective pollution control measures with regards to discarding pollutant loads as well as the need for urban planning in this region.

Submitted by Edisangela Bastos (edisangela@ufpa.br) on 2013-11-14T17:53:46Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Tese_AvaliacaoAtividadeGonadal.pdf: 3734747 bytes, checksum: c8292253197827b92c34de2888dee135 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Rosa Silva(arosa@ufpa.br) on 2013-11-19T16:25:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Tese_AvaliacaoAtividadeGonadal.pdf: 3734747 bytes, checksum: c8292253197827b92c34de2888dee135 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-11-19T16:25:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Tese_AvaliacaoAtividadeGonadal.pdf: 3734747 bytes, checksum: c8292253197827b92c34de2888dee135 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Fêmeas e machos adultos de P. squamosissimus (Pisces, Teleostei, Sciaenidae) foram coletados mensalmente no Rio Pará, que banha a ilha do Capim (PA) (S 010 34. 971`; W 0480 52.932`), durante o período de fevereiro de 2004 a fevereiro de 2005, correspondendo ao total de 234 espécimes. As gônadas foram coletadas, fixadas e processadas de acordo com os métodos usuais utilizados para processamento em parafina e análise em microscopia de luz. A espécie em estudo é uma das principais fontes de proteína animal para a população local, sendo capturada de forma intensa e ininterrupta ao longo do ano. Com base em informações dos pescadores locais, essa captura parece estar determinando uma aparente diminuição quantitativa e qualitativa em seus estoques locais. A espécie apresenta desova parcelada e o desenvolvimento gonadal foi caracterizado nos estádios de repouso, maturação, maduro e esvaziado ou semi-esvaziado. Gônadas maduras foram encontradas nos meses de dezembro, janeiro e julho. A análise de correlação entre o estádio gonadal maduro e a variação temporal da relação gonadossomática (ΔRGS) indica também a ocorrência de desova nos respectivos meses. Não obstante, as informações obtidas da correlação entre a ΔRGS e a média de oócitos maduros e percentual de espermatozóides por túbulo seminífero, respectivamente, também indicaram haver desova nos respectivos meses, sendo que aparentemente a espécie apresenta uma desova mais intensa ou desova principal entre os meses de dezembro e janeiro (inverno), e outra desova menos intensa ou secundária no mês de julho (verão). Com base no método da morfologia tubular, foram determinados oito estádios do ciclo do epitélio seminífero (CES), sendo que no estádio 1 os túbulos seminíferos são compostos por espermatogônias primárias e cistos de spermatogônias secundárias; o estádio 2 é composto por espermatogônias primárias e secundárias e cistos de espermatócitos; estádio 3 é caracterizado por espermatogônias primárias, secundárias, cistos de espermatócitos e de espermátides jovens ou recém-formadas; estádio 4 com túbulos seminíferos caracterizados pela presença de espermatogônias primárias e secundárias, espermatócitos e por cistos de espermátides jovens e tardias; estádio 5 apresenta todas as células anteriores e é marcado pelo surgimento de espermatozóides no lúmen tubular; estádio 6 tem como características a diminuição dos cistos de células germinativas e considerável aumento do número de espermatozóides no lúmen tubular; os túbulos seminíferos no estádio 7 contêm poucos cistos de células germinativas e se inicia o esvaziamento da massa de espermatozóides do lúmen tubular; estádio 8 é o último do CES e é caracterizado pela aparente desorganização dos cistos remanescentes de células germinativas no túbulo seminífero. / Male and female adults of P. squamosissimus (Pisces, Teleostei, Sciaenidae) were collected monthly in the Para River that surrounds Capim insland, state of Para (S 010 34. 971` ; W 0480 52.932`), during the month of february 2004 to february 2005, having 234 specimes. The gonads were collected, mounted and processed in accordance with the standard methods of paraffin and analysis using a light microscope. The species under analysis is one of the principal sources of animal protein for the local population, fishing being uninterrupted and intensive throughout the year based on information given by local fisherman, the collection process appears to be determined by an apparent qualiquantitative reduction in local stock. The species represents spawn divisions, the gonad development was characterized in state of repose, maturation, mature and empty or half-empty. Mature gonads were found on the months of december, january and july. Correlation analysis between the maturing state of gonads, seasonal variations in relation to gonadosomatic indexes (GSI) and also the occurrence of spawn in the respective months. Nevertheless, the information obtained in correlation to GSI and mature oocyte mediums and between spermatozoa percentages by seminiferous tubule, respectively, also indicate spawning in the respective months, and apparently that the species represents a more intensive spawning period or a primary spawning period between the months of december and january, and a second or less intensive spawning period in the months of july. Based on the tubular morphology method, eight of the seminiferous epithelium cycle stages (SEC) were determined, stage 1 being seminiferous tubule that are comprised of primary spermatogonia and cysts of the secondary spermatogonia; stage 2 is comprised of primary and seconday spermatogonia and spermatocytes cysts; stage 3 is characterized by primary and secondary spermatogonias, spermatocyte cysts and young spermatids; stage 4 with seminiferous tubule characterized by presence of spermatogonias primary and secondary, spermatocyte and by presence of young and later spermatids cysts; stage 5 represents all of the previously mentioned cells and is highlighted by presence of spermatozoa in the tubule lumen; stage 6 is characterized by reduction of cysts of germinative cells and a considerable increase in number of spermatozoa in the tubular lumen; stage 7 is characterized by seminiferous tubule that contain few cysts of germinative cells and is marked by the begining of a mass emptying of spermatozoa of the tubule lume; stage 8 is the last of the SEC and is characterized by the apparent disorganization of the remaining germinative cellular cysts in the seminiferous tubule.