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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Macroinvertebrados aquáticos associados ao folhiço em riachos de Mata Atlântica / Aquatic macroinvertebrates associated with litter in Atlantic Rainforest streams.

Yokoyama, Elisa 19 October 2012 (has links)
No presente trabalho, investigamos a associação entre a fauna de macroinvertebrados e o folhiço em riachos de montanha da região sul do Estado de São Paulo. Os principais objetivos da tese foram: caracterizar o folhiço e a fauna de macroinvertebrados associada em mesohábitats de remanso e de corredeira (Capítulo 1); testar os efeitos das características das folhas sobre o seu processamento e sobre a fauna de macroinvertebrados aquáticos (Capítulo 2); acompanhar o processo de degradação de folhas de espécies vegetais com diferentes características físicas (resistência foliar) e químicas (conteúdo de fenóis totais), bem como estudar a sua colonização pela fauna de macroinvertebrados (Capítulo 3). A densidade, riqueza padronizada de táxons e composição faunística de macroinvertebrados associados ao folhiço apresentaram variação entre remanso e corredeira, porém esta relação esteve condicionada ao tamanho do riacho. Os compostos fenólicos e a resistência foliar isoladamente não influenciaram a degradação do folhiço, e não houve efeito da riqueza de espécies vegetais sobre a perda de massa foliar. A densidade, riqueza padronizada e composição faunística de macroinvertebrados não foram influenciadas pelas características estruturais e químicas iniciais das plantas; possivelmente, outras características químicas das espécies vegetais que não foram consideradas no presente trabalho podem ter sido mais importantes para explicar estes componentes da fauna. Houve um aumento da densidade de macroinvertebrados ao longo do tempo, no entanto, a densidade não foi afetada pela espécie vegetal. A riqueza não foi afetada por nenhum dos dois fatores. Por outro lado, foi possível observar um forte gradiente de composição faunística ao longo do tempo, o qual foi dependente do tipo de folha. / In this work we investigated the link between the macroinvertebrate fauna and litter detritus in forested mountain streams, in the southern São Paulo State. The main goals of this thesis were: to describe litter detritus and its associated macroinvertebrate fauna in riffles and pools (Chapter 1); to test the effects of leaf properties on litter processing and on the aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna (Chapter 2); to follow the processing of litter from plant species with different structural (leaf toughness) and chemical (total phenolic compounds) features, as well as the colonization by macroinvertebrates fauna (Chapter 3). Density, standardized taxonomic richness and faunal composition of macroinvertebrates found in litter showed variation between riffles and pools, although this relationship was subject to stream size. Phenolic compounds and leaf toughness alone did not influence litter decomposition, and no effect of leaf species diversity was found for leaf mass loss. Density, standardized taxonomic richness and faunal composition of macroinvertebrates were not affected by structural or chemical features of the litter; it is likely that other chemical aspects of the leaves might have played a more important role. We observed an increase in macroinvertebrate density throughout time, however, density was not dependent of leaf species. Taxonomic richness was not affected either by time or plant species. On the other hand, we observed a strong gradient for faunal composition along time, and this association showed an interaction with leaf species.
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Macroinvertebrados aquáticos associados ao folhiço em riachos de Mata Atlântica / Aquatic macroinvertebrates associated with litter in Atlantic Rainforest streams.

Elisa Yokoyama 19 October 2012 (has links)
No presente trabalho, investigamos a associação entre a fauna de macroinvertebrados e o folhiço em riachos de montanha da região sul do Estado de São Paulo. Os principais objetivos da tese foram: caracterizar o folhiço e a fauna de macroinvertebrados associada em mesohábitats de remanso e de corredeira (Capítulo 1); testar os efeitos das características das folhas sobre o seu processamento e sobre a fauna de macroinvertebrados aquáticos (Capítulo 2); acompanhar o processo de degradação de folhas de espécies vegetais com diferentes características físicas (resistência foliar) e químicas (conteúdo de fenóis totais), bem como estudar a sua colonização pela fauna de macroinvertebrados (Capítulo 3). A densidade, riqueza padronizada de táxons e composição faunística de macroinvertebrados associados ao folhiço apresentaram variação entre remanso e corredeira, porém esta relação esteve condicionada ao tamanho do riacho. Os compostos fenólicos e a resistência foliar isoladamente não influenciaram a degradação do folhiço, e não houve efeito da riqueza de espécies vegetais sobre a perda de massa foliar. A densidade, riqueza padronizada e composição faunística de macroinvertebrados não foram influenciadas pelas características estruturais e químicas iniciais das plantas; possivelmente, outras características químicas das espécies vegetais que não foram consideradas no presente trabalho podem ter sido mais importantes para explicar estes componentes da fauna. Houve um aumento da densidade de macroinvertebrados ao longo do tempo, no entanto, a densidade não foi afetada pela espécie vegetal. A riqueza não foi afetada por nenhum dos dois fatores. Por outro lado, foi possível observar um forte gradiente de composição faunística ao longo do tempo, o qual foi dependente do tipo de folha. / In this work we investigated the link between the macroinvertebrate fauna and litter detritus in forested mountain streams, in the southern São Paulo State. The main goals of this thesis were: to describe litter detritus and its associated macroinvertebrate fauna in riffles and pools (Chapter 1); to test the effects of leaf properties on litter processing and on the aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna (Chapter 2); to follow the processing of litter from plant species with different structural (leaf toughness) and chemical (total phenolic compounds) features, as well as the colonization by macroinvertebrates fauna (Chapter 3). Density, standardized taxonomic richness and faunal composition of macroinvertebrates found in litter showed variation between riffles and pools, although this relationship was subject to stream size. Phenolic compounds and leaf toughness alone did not influence litter decomposition, and no effect of leaf species diversity was found for leaf mass loss. Density, standardized taxonomic richness and faunal composition of macroinvertebrates were not affected by structural or chemical features of the litter; it is likely that other chemical aspects of the leaves might have played a more important role. We observed an increase in macroinvertebrate density throughout time, however, density was not dependent of leaf species. Taxonomic richness was not affected either by time or plant species. On the other hand, we observed a strong gradient for faunal composition along time, and this association showed an interaction with leaf species.
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Connectivity of Coastal and Oceanic Ecosystems: Pelagic Habitat Use by Juvenile Reef Fishes in the Gulf of Mexico

Bowen, Katie 09 December 2015 (has links)
The assemblage structure, abundance, biomass, and vertical distribution of juvenile reef fishes in the offshore pelagic habitat of the northern Gulf of Mexico are described as part of the NOAA-supported Offshore Nekton Sampling and Analysis Program. The results presented here are from a 3-month, continuous sampling series in 2011 in which discrete depth strata from 0 to 1500 m were sampled using a 10-m2 MOCNESS midwater trawl. This is the first study to examine pelagic juvenile reef fish distributions across the entire oceanic northern Gulf of Mexico seaward of the continental shelf break after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. During this series, 87,407 specimens were collected, of which 838 were reef fishes, representing seven orders, 30 families and 119 species. The faunal composition of pelagic juvenile reef fishes was diverse and well mixed, with no discernable spatial structure with respect to water masses and solar cycle. Seventy-nine percent of the pelagic juvenile reef fishes were collected in the epipelagic and the dominant families were Congridae, Carangidae, Tetraodontidae, and Acanthuridae. Species richness, biomass, and frequency of occurrence of pelagic juvenile reef fishes was greatest between 0-200 m and decreased with depth. Data from the assemblage structure, abundance, biomass, and vertical distribution of pelagic juvenile reef fishes collected from this cruise series will contribute to the lack of knowledge regarding the dispersal dynamics and coastal-connectivity of these fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

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