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Acúmulo e fracionamento de fósforo nos sedimentos do estuário do rio Coreaú (Ceará) para avaliação do impacto da carcinicultura
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-11-17) AQUINO, Rafael Fernando Oliveira; KAWAKAMI, Silvia Keiko; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5306256489815710; CORRÊA, José Augusto Martins; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6527800269860568
The shrimp culture (shrimp farms) is one of the activities of aquaculture widely employed in Brazilian estuaries and mangroves. The shrimps are fed with phosphate enriched compounds. Thus, the effluent produced by farms can accelerate the eutrophication process. An increase of shrimp farming has been seen in Coreaú River Estuary, state of Ceará, but data about environmental quality are scarce to allow monitoring of the region. The aim of the present research was to assess the contribution of the shrimp farms on phosphorus input to the Coreaú River Estuary. The main forms of phosphorus: bioavailable (P-Exch); bound to iron oxy-hydroxides (P-Fe), on the biogenic, autigênica carbonates and apatite (P-CFAP), on the detrital apatite (P-FAP) and organic phosphorus (P-Org) and as well as total organic carbon (%TOC) and chlorophyll-a were determined in samples of surface sediments and cores from the margins of the Coreaú River Estuary. The high concentrations of P-Total in surface sediments indicated the need for monitoring studies. The larger fraction was P-Fe, composing 30% of P-Total, approximately. These results indicate the ability of the iron oxy-hydroxides to immobilize or release phosphorus. The contribution of the farm’s effluents was evidenced by higher concentrations of P-Org in points adjacent to discharge areas. In sediment cores, the highest P-Total concentrations were found predominantly in fine sediments (silt and clay), with the P-Fe, P-CFAP and P-FAP fractions being the main contributors. The sedimentation rates and concentration increases of P-Total indicate the possible period of deforestation and starting or maximum activity of shrimp farms in the end of the 1980 and mid 1990, respectively. High phosphorus concentrations as well as %TOC and chlorophyll-a levels suggested a significant anthropogenic contribution, associated with a high potential for eutrophication.
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Acute toxicity of sodium metabisulphite on mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Decapoda, Ucididae)
(2012-12) PEDALE, Adriana Batista; FUJIMOTO, Rodrigo Yudi; SANTOS, Rudã Fernandes Brandão; ABRUNHOSA, Fernando Araujo
The sodium metabisulphite salt is usually used in shrimp culture to prevent black spot. Unfortunately the toxicological effect of this xenobiotic in decapod crabs is unknown. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the sodium metabisulphite LC50 - 96 h in the mangrove species Ucides cordatus. Crabs were collected in the tidal creek margins in Bragança estuarine and were submitted to preliminary test (screening) and posterior definitive test. Crabs were exposed in five different concentrations and a control group in five replicates, two crabs per recipient (5 L) during 96 hours. A negative correlation was observed to sodium metabisulphite concentration in relation to dissolved oxygen and pH. At the end of the experiment were obtained the following mortality index in relation to sodium metabisulphite concentrations: 100% in 86.0 mg.L-1, 74% in 62.0 mg.L-1, 52% in 52.0 mg.L-1, 44% in 38.0 mg.L-1. The value of LC50 - 96 h for U. cordatus was determinate at 42.58 mg.L-1/Na2S2O5. The results strongly indicate that sodium metabisulphite is toxic for U. cordatus, and this crab could be used for biomonitoring the environmental impact.
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Análise dos fluxos turbulentos de CO2 e energia, associada a percepção dos serviços ecossistêmicos em um manguezal amazônico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-04-30) FREIRE, Antonio Sérgio Cunha; VITORINO, Maria Isabel; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4813399912998401
This interdisciplinary work proposal for the PhD in environmental sciences, in the field of physical climate research, investigated the turbulent flows of CO2 and energy in the mangrove forest at the Cuiarana experimental site, in the city of Salinópolis, Pará, under the influence of local atmospheric variability during the year 2015. Also, within this interdisciplinary perspective, the relationship between the local community and the forest surrounding the study area was also studied. In order to collect the turbulent data, a micrometeorological tower was installed in the mangrove, with high frequency sensors that collected the data of the atmospheric variables above the forest canopy. The meteorological data was collected from the UFRA tower, located 400m from the mangrove tower. For the social investigations, a case study was carried out based on the perception of the decision-makers, who occupy leadership positions in several organizational structures in the city of Salinópolis and in the town of Cuiarana, on the perception of the ecosystem services generated by the ecosystem of mangrove. It was verified that in the Cuiarana mangrove, in the year 2015, under ENOS, there was a reduction of precipitation in the region where it rained only 63.7% of the expected climatological variable. As for the sensible (H) and latent (LE) heat flux in the mangrove, it was observed that the maximum values for both variables were recorded at 14h, with LE peak in the rainy season and H in the less rainy season. In the analysis of the seasonal CO2 flow, it was verified that the highest magnitudes of absorption occurred in the rainy season, with a peak of absorption at 13h with -13.56 μmol.m2, whereas in the less rainy period, absorption peak was recorded of CO2 at 13h with -8.95 μmol.m2. Regarding the perception of the local leadership within the ecosystem services generated by the mangrove, it was noted that the valuation of these goods and services was considered by the interviewees, where direct use services such as habitation, fishing, generation of work, and income are mentioned as fundamental factors for the well-being of the riverside population. It was noticed from accounts of the fishermen that the transmission of knowledge occurs generation to generation with the purpose of maintaining the traditional labor practices and conservation of the mangrove.
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Análise e estimativa dos componentes do balanço de energia em ecossistema de manguezal amazônico
(2013-03) PEREIRA, Priscila Lima; RODRIGUES, Hernani José Brazão
Measurements and estimates of the components of energy balance were made above the canopy of trees in natural mangrove ecosystem, located 30 km from the city of Bragança-PA, between November 2002 and August 2003. The data were used in the analysis of seasonal and hourly variations of the sensible and latent heat flows, as well as the evaluation of the energy partition. Meteorological data were collected by the automatic weather station (AWS) and the energy flows were calculated using the technique of eddy covariance. The Penman-Monteith and Shuttleworth models were used to estimate the sensible and latent heat flow. The objective of this study was to analyze the balance and partitioning of energy in the mangrove and make an assessment of the behavior of empirical models in estimating the energy flows. The net radiation showed higher values in the less rainy season. The Bowen ratio showed generally low value, which indicates that a greater proportion of energy was used in the form of latent heat. The estimates of the energy flows showed satisfactory results. Shuttleworth model is more efficient in estimating sensitive heat flows. For estimating latent heat flow the Penman-Monteith model was more efficient during dry season and the Shuttleworth model during rainy season.
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Avaliação de áreas deposicionais e erosivas em cabos lamosos da zona costeira amazônica através da análise multitemporal de imagens de sensores remotos
(2012) BATISTA, Edmilson das Mercês; SOUZA FILHO, Pedro Walfir Martins e; SILVEIRA, Odete Fátima Machado da
The Cassiporé and Orange mudcapes in the Northern of Brazil constitute a dynamic environment influenced by the Amazon river, where the shoreline changes are subjected to severe processes of progradation and erosion. Optical and microwaves remote sensed images were acquired from 1980 to 2003, and analyzed in a Geographic Information System (GIS), allowing the identification and quantification of prograding and retrograding areas along the shoreline. During this period, the largest erosion rates had occurred next to the Cassiporé Cape, with mean retreat of 27.5 m of linear distance and erosion of 1.37 km² of mangrove area per year. On the other hand, the largest rates of sediment deposition had occurred in the Orange Cape, where the coastal prograded 24.6 m per year, adding 55.86 km² of mangrove area to shoreline in the last 23 years. The progradation mechanisms have determined an accretion in the mangrove vegetation of 50.8% throughout the last three decades. A sedimentary balance carried out in the study area showed that constructive processes (61.3%) are dominant over erosive processes (38.7%).
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Avaliação e aplicação de dados de sensores remotos no estudo de ambientes costeiros tropicais úmidos, Bragança, norte do Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2000-11-17) SOUZA FILHO, Pedro Walfir Martins e; EL-ROBRINI, Maâmar; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5707365981163429
The study site is situated in the Cretaceous Bragança-Viseu coastal basin. The holocenic evolution of this area is marked by muddy progradation over a submerging coast, where is developed one of the most mangrove system of the world, with almost 6,000 km2. This research has showed that orbital remote sensing data can provide excellent geologic and coastal land use information. The SAR RADARSAT-1 imageries represent a powerful tool to understand the coastal processes in the wet tropical environments, mainly in the mangrove coasts. This fact is related to microwave radiation can be interpreted for Amazon coastal zone mapping and monitoring, because SAR image constitutes in the unique source of data with all-weather remote sensing capability, in response to difficulty to get optical images in the Amazon, due to all-time cloud cover. Landsat TM imageries are excellent data sources to integration with RADARSAT-1. They present a good performance in coastal environments discrimination. The remote sensing data integration allow a synoptic view of the area and provide geobotanic (relation between coastal environment and vegetation) and multitemporal information. In addition to integrated data, geographic information system (GIS) combines different data sets and simultaneously interprets the spatial and temporal relationship between various coastal environments. This way, GIS allows for a more comprehensive, accurate and easier interpretation of a geomorphologic mapping under an organizational philosophy to control data towards use the information to coastal zone management. The application of remote sensing data in the tropical coastal studies was used in different approaches. In relation to spatial and temporal variability of the shoreline, this study has revealed that during the Holocene, the coastal plain is marked by a muddy progradation. However, from the analysis of the remote sensing images were possible investigate the shoreline variability under long (1972-1998) and short (1985-1988, 1988-1990, 1990-1991) term, which is characterized by shoreline retreat, probably due to climatic changes, such as El-Niño and La-Niña events. These climatic events control the rainfall along the coastal zone, where severe erosional period (1985- 1988) are coupled with high precipitation rate (> 4,000 mm/yr.). From the point of view of the spatial analysis of the coastal changes, the mangroves constitutes one of the most environments to be analyzed by remote sensing images, as in the electro-optical spectrum due to their high reflectance in the infrared, as in the microwave due to their rough surface responsible for high backscattering. Therefore, mangroves have showed to be an excellent geologic indicator to detect and to quantify short and long-term morphological coastal changes. To conclude, remote sensing data integration, GIS and auxiliary fieldwork data present a fundamental role to the integrated coastal zone management, environmental risk assessment, local characterization of the study sites, base maps upgrading and information dissemination for public consultation, which are all significant factors in this decision-making process.
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O caranguejo-uçá Ucides cordatus (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ucididae), no litoral paraense: uma abordagem sobre a atividade extrativa no Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-03-31) SILVA, Mauro Marcio Tavares da; PINHEIRO, Marcelo Antonio Amaro; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6829111589524333; QUEIROZ, Helder Lima de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3131281054700225
This paper initially provides information about the extraction potential of productive mangroves in the municipalities of Quatipuru and Bragança, as well as the socioeconomic characterization of the extractive professionals (crabbers) of this resource. Parallel to the information generated in the mangroves and communities interviewed in Quatipuru and Bragança, this study also seeks to contextualize the extractive activity of the mangrove crab-uçá around the Pará coast, through information obtained by the collection and analysis of data in different mangrove municipalities of Pará’s coast, characterizing the productive activity of this important resource extraction communities. The information collection occurred in the period between 2010-2012, where the extractive potential was examined, in the mangroves of Bragança and Quatipuru confirming these locations as potentially producing regions, with a density of 5.01 ± 1.09 ind/m2 in the Quatipuru magrove and 6.5 ± 1.0 ind/m2 in the Bragança mangrove with an immediate extraction potential (IEP) of 80.91 % in Quatipuru and 86.23 % in Bragança. Concerning extractive activity in the major communities in the municipalities of Quatipuru and Bragança, the profile of crabbers was characterized by male dominated, low education, with at least 16 years of activity for most in Quatipuru and more than 20 years for most of the interviewed in the communities of Bragança. The primary capture technique used is the "braceamento" with the aid of hook in both locations, where they capture on average 51-100 units / day in Quatipuru and 101-150 in Braganca, where the middleman is the main destination of the product for the sites investigated. The data obtained from the Pará coastal reveal that out of all the mangroves studied, the municipality of Viseu was highlighted as an important forest region of Pará, with a density of 4.23 ± 1.40 ind/m2, CPUE 46.6 (crabs / man / hour) and 226.8 ± 113.1 units captured by crabber/day, however , it is important to notice that this municipality had the lowest average price per crab (R$0.18 ± 0,05) among all communities of the municipalities visited. The importance of this resource for the communities in the coastal Pará is clear and requires regulatory actions that support exploration with sustainability, as well as encouraging these professionals of artisanal fisheries through actions of to recover their citizenship.
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Comunidades macrobentônicas da Reserva Biológica do Lago Piratuba (Amapá – Brasil)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2008) ALMEIDA, Mayk Ferreira de; ROSA FILHO, José Souto; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3223362071251898; ALBERNAZ, Ana Luisa Kerti Mangabeira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1220240487835422
The structure of the macrobenthic communities was characterized in different climatic periods and areas of the Reserva Biológica do Lago Piratuba (Amapá-Brazil). The samplings occurred on June and November of 2005 (Meridional belt lake - lakes Comprido de cima, Bacia, Lodão, Grande, Comprido de Baixo, Canal Tobaco and estuary of the river Araguari) and of 2006 (eastern belt lake - lakes Piratuba, Jussara, Escara, Trindade, Maresia, Boiado and the Duarte stream and seven places in the coast (areas vegetated and not vegetated). At each site four samples had been collected, with a corer (0.0079 m2) buried 20 cm in the sediment. After collection samples were passed in a 0.3 mm mesh and the retained organisms were fixed in formalin 5%. The structure of the communities varied seasonally, with severe modifications in density, specific composition, richness, eveness and diversity among sampling occasions and environments (lakes/coast). A total of 54 taxa had been identified belonging to phyla: Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Nemertea. In the rainy seasonal it was recorded 36 taxa, and in the dry seasonal 42 taxa were recorded. Annelida was the most abundant taxon, representing always more than 48% of total organisms. In the lakes Insecta larvae, Mollusca and Oligochaeta were the dominant taxa. In the coast, Polychaeta and Crustacea were dominant. It was recorded 32 taxa in the lakes and mean density of 667 ind.m-2. In the coast 34 taxa were recorded and 1353 ind.m-2. The coastal non-vegetated area was richer and denser and showed the higher eveness. Benthic fauna from the Meridional belt lake and the Eastern belt lake behavioured distinctively among seasons. Three sub-environments had been identified based on the benthic fauna: freshwater environment - majority of the lakes of the Eastern belt, dominated by insects; transition environment (freshwater/coast) with mixed fauna (Polychaeta and Insecta); and coastal environment, with Polychaeta and Crustacea. The environmental characteristics best correlated with spatialtemporal changes in the benthic communities structure were water pH, electric conductivity and turbidity.
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Costa de manguezais de macromaré da Amazônia: cenários morfológicos, mapeamento e quantificação de áreas usando dados de sensores remotos
(2005-12) SOUZA FILHO, Pedro Walfir Martins e
De acordo com o Atlas de Manguezais, este ecossistema representa 8% de toda a linha de costa do planeta e um quarto da linha de costa da zona tropical, perfazendo um total de 181.077 km2. Este trabalho objetiva quantificar a extensão dos manguezais de macromaré da costa nordeste do Pará e noroeste do Maranhão, aqui denominada de Costa de Manguezais de Macromaré da Amazônia (CMMA). O reconhecimento das áreas de manguezais e sua quantificação foram realizados a partir da utilização de imagens Landsat-7 ETM+, adquiridas em 1999 e 2000 e de um sistema de informações geográficas (SIG). A integração dos dados de sensores remotos, dados geológicos e oceanográficos permitiu o reconhecimento de cinco setores geomorfológicos, que abrangem uma superfície total de 7.591 km2 de manguezais. Esta área representa a maior faixa de manguezais contínuos do planeta e corresponde a 56,6% dos manguezais do Brasil. Medidas prioritárias de conservação dos manguezais da Amazônia devem ser tomadas e pesquisas que busquem a melhor compreensão deste complexo e importante ecossistema devem ser financiadas e desenvolvidas.
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Desenvolvimento da vegetação e morfologia da foz do Amazonas-PA e rio Doce-ES durante o Quaternário tardio
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-11-05) FRANÇA, Marlon Carlos; PESSENDA, Luiz Carlos Ruiz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0425441943533975; COHEN, Marcelo Cancela Lisboa; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8809787145146228
This work compares the vegetation and morphological changes occurred along the littoral of the Marajó Island, Amazonian littoral, and the coastal plain of the Rio Doce, southeastern Brazil, during the Holocene and late Pleistocene/Holocene, respectively, focused specifically on the response of mangroves to sea-level fluctuations and climate change, which have been identified in several studies along the Brazilian coast. This integrated approach combined radiocarbon dating, description of sedimentary features, pollen data, and organic geochemical indicators (δ13C, δ1₵N and C/N). On coastal plain of the Doce River between ~47,500 and ~29,400 cal yr BP, a deltaic system was developed in response mainly to sea-level fall. The post-glacial sea-level rise caused a marine incursion with invasion of embayed coast and broad valleys, and it favored the evolution of a lagoonal/estuary system with wide tidal mud flats occupied by mangroves between at least ~7400 and ~5100 cal yr BP. Considering the Marajó Island during the early and middle Holocene (~7500 and ~3200 cal yr BP) mangrove area increased over tidal mud flats with accumulation of estuarine/marine organic matter. It was a consequence of the marine incursion caused by post-glacial sea-level rise, further driven by tectonic subsidence. Dry conditions in the Amazon region during this time led to a rise is tidal water salinity and contributed to mangrove expansion. Therefore the effect of relative sea-level (RSL) rise was determinant to the mangrove establishment in the southeastern and northern region. During the late Holocene (~3050 – 1880 cal yr BP) the mangroves in both regions were retracted to a small area, with some areas replaced by freshwater vegetation. This was caused by the increase in river discharge associated to a wet period recorded in the Amazon region, and considering the coastal plain of the Doce River (southeastern Brazil), the mangroves shrank in response to an increase in fluvial sediment input associated to a sea-level fall.
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Detecção de mudança e sedimentação no estuário do Rio Coreaú
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-09-02) RODRIGUES, Suzan Waleska Pequeno; SOUZA FILHO, Pedro Walfir Martins e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3282736820907252
The use of new techniques to study the evolution and filling incised valleys has provided, over the years, important results was to understand how the coastal evolution of the Brazilian coastal zone. In this context, this thesis aimed to study the evolution of the estuary Coreaú River, located in the state of Ceará, in different time scales, is "Possible" (months, years), "Engineering" (years, decades) and "Geology" (hundreds, centuries, millennio), proposed by Cowell et al (2003), with the goal to assess whether changes /alterations over the years were significant or not in the estuary. As a result, we obtained the first goal, using remote sensing techniques from image sensor TM, ETM+ and OLI of Landsat 5, 7 and 8 and sensor LISS-3 of satellite ResourceSat-1 from 1985 to 2013, a change minimal in relation to morphological changes along the estuary in the last 28 years (between Possible scales and Engineering), there was an increase in this period of 0.236 km2 (3%) of the area, not bringing significant changes to the estuary. Regarding sedimentation rate, corresponding to the second goal, from the collection of nine witnesses, up to 1m deep and using radionuclídeo 210 Pb along the estuary, we obtained a rate that ranged from 0,33 cm/year 1 cm/year (between scales Geological and Engineering) near the mouth of the estuary, and with a quick sedimentation perceived on the east bank of the river, where there are younger sediments toward the west margin. Regarding the fulfillment, third and final goal from the sampling of testimonials to 18 m depth, using the sampler Rammkernsonden (RKS), profiles and stratigraphic sections that helped understand filling the valley section of the estuary of the Coreaú river were generated and that it is a fluvialmarine estuary, filling the valleys formed in group Barriers in the last 10.000 years before present. These analyzes and results serve as a basis for comparison with other estuaries, either fluvial, fluvio-marine or marine, to better understand what the possible events that dominated sedimentation along the coast of Brazil at diferent scales.
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Dinâmica de nutrientes e da matéria orgânica no manguezal do Igarapé Nunca Mais - Ilha de São Luís (MA)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2002-11-22) MELO, Odilon Teixeira de; LIMA, Waterloo Napoleão de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1229104235556506
It is well known that the State of Maranhão has more than fourty percent of the Brazilian mangroves covering an área with almost 4800km2 and along of 640km of coastline. These mangrove swamps border a number of tidal channels, bays, gulfs, and others estuarine systems, where the macro-tidal system gives a singular condition to this environment, that it is different from the others Brazilian áreas. The exportation of macro-particles from the mangroves to the coastal waters is well known. However, there is a discussion if the mangroves import or export micro-particles and dissolved nutrients to the coastal areas. Few studies have been developed in this subject due to the methodological complexities of the flow calculations. The choice of the pilot-area for this study is the igarapé Nunca Mais, a tidal channel surrounded by an area of 1.22km2 of mangrove ecosystem, situated in the Northeastern portion of the São Luís Island. This choice is due bay the fact that in this area occurs exchanges with the coastal waters from the Maranhão Gulf take place. This tidal channel is the main transport pathway between the mangrove and the coastal waters. During the spring tides this mangrove is completly flooded. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the role of a mangrove region — Maranhão Gulf — in a macro-tidal area in exchanging of materials with the coastal waters. The characterization and quantification of the dissolved inorganic nutrients and the organic matter were the main focuses of this study. For this purpose were utilized flows calculations from "Eulerian" method. During the period of 13 months (from April 2000 to April 2001), in the neap and spring fluxes of the dissolved inorganic nutrients (ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, and silicate) and those of the organic matter (organic carbon, organic nitrogen, and organic phosphorus) were determined along 52 tidal cycles. For the characterization of organic matter were used elemental ratio C/N, isotopes 13C and 15N ratio, and by the identification of dissolved humic substances as tracers for organic matter sources. The differences on day clear and orvernight show average values from 0960 for the pH and salinity, positive values of 5, 6, 8 and 11%, respectively, for nitrate, phosphate, ammonium, and silicate, and negative values for the oxygen (-10%), and for the dissolved and particulate organic matter (-1% to -6%). The dissolved nutrients and organic matter varies such as tidal ranges showing maximum values in the low tile, indicating flow from intersticial water of the mangrove for the tidal channel. Particulate organic matter values show variations relationships with current velocity showing resuspension and sediment transport. This fact confirms that the biological processes, such as nutrient consumption and organic matter deposition, in the tidal channel, and the tidal dynamics were relevants in the lief variations. The results obtained in this study show a seasonal variation with minium values in the dry season, except for the silicate, and maximum values in the rainy season, showing the raro precipitation influence in the transport from mangrove for the coastal waters. In addition, in the dry period, occurs maximum consumption of nutrient by phytoplancton, as well as, observed on primary production. It was evidencied also lower values in the concentration of particulate organic matter during this dry season due the lower fluxes values from the mangrove. The net exportation of inorganic nutrients and the organic matter in the mangroves of the São Luís Island (Maranhão State, Brazil), in the tidal channel Igarapé Nunca Mais, is evidencied in this study by interpretation of the flows calculations and the values from C/N. rations, elemental and isotopic. The isotopes of C and N used here as tracers lead to the identification of the primary sources of the organic matter in the tidal channel, i.e., the originated from mangroves, the coastal waters, and the resulting from allochthonous production. During the rainy period there are dominance of the organic matter (dissolved and particulate) transported from the mangrove, while in the dry period the marine and autochthonous sources are more considerables. The photosynthesis of the phytoplancton, in the tidal channel, justifies the autochthonous production. The net exportation of the dissolved organic matter for the coastal waters is slightly superior to the particulate organic matter (DOM, 14mM-2.day-1; POM, 20mM.m.-2.day-1). Perhaps this difference is due a fast sedimentation in the intermediary zune of the tidal channel that have the biggest profundity; this fact leads a minor quantity of particulates exported for coastal waters. It infers that this organic matter is constititued, dominantly, by humic substances because they are more refractory to the bacterial activity and consequently they can be transported by tidal currents for the adjacent coastal waters. Of course, the tidal amplitude ranges and pluviometric precipitation are relevant factors in these exportation processes. By this exposition, this study confirms the important role of mangrove for the fertilization of the coastal waters of Maranhão Gulf.
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Effects of plant cover on the macrofauna of Spartina marshes in northern Brazil
(2009-12) BRAGA, Cesar França; BEASLEY, Colin Robert; ISAAC, Victoria Judith
Data on macrofauna density and diversity, and the height and density of Spartina brasiliensis, were obtained from salt marsh beds of a tropical estuary in northern Brazil. Sampling was carried out at four distinct times of the year, during the wet and dry seasons and in the transition periods between these. Sampling was also carried out in salt marshes of three size classes, small, medium and large. Variables were analyzed in relation to time of year and salt marsh size class. Overall, 46 taxa were found, with polychaetes, isopods and the gastropod Neritina virginea dominating the fauna. Macrofauna density and diversity were positively correlated with culm density, indicating a possible role in protection from predation. All the three variables were higher during the transitional periods between the wet and dry seasons and seasonal changes in rainfall, salinity and light availability may influence mortality, food availability and settlement of the macrofauna. There was no effect of salt marsh size on either the macrofauna or the vegetation.
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Eficiência de diferentes abordagens metodológicas e caracterização das associações macrobentônicas estuarinas da zona costeira amazônica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2009-06-10) MONTEIRO, Viviane Ferreira; ROSA FILHO, José Souto; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3223362071251898
The estuarine macrobenthic communities from Amazonian coastal regions were characterized using different mesh sizes and sampling depths. The samplings were performed in Algodoal island and peninsula of Ajuruteua (PA), during rainy and dry seasons (June and December 2007, respectively) at the following habitats: mangrove edge, mangrove, sandy and muddy-sandy paths. At each habitat eight biological samples were collected using a cylindrical corer with 0.0079 m², as well as samples for sediment analysis (texture, moisture and organic matter concentrations) and chlorophyll a and pheopigments concentrations. Each biological sample was devided into three strata (0-5, 5-10 and 10-20 cm) and they were sieved on mesh screen sizes of 1.0, 0.5, 0.3 and 0.25 mm. Univariate (ANOVA) and multivariate (MDS, ANOSIM, SIMPER and BIOENV) techniques were used for data analysis. Macrofaunal composition consisted of 68 taxa with dominance of Annelida (Tubificidae and Capitellidae). Meshes of 0.3 and 0.25 mm were the most efficient in terms of retention of organisms and species, while the mesh of 1.0 mm lost significant quantities of organisms, especially Tubificidae. The samples collected at 10 and 20 cm depth did not differ significantly regarding to the number of taxa and organisms. Significant spatial variations were observed on the macrofaunal structure between habitats in both locations and sampling moments, with higher density and richness in muddy paths (mangrove edge and mangrove). The amount of clay, organic matter and moisture concentrations of the sediment were the most correlated environmental variables with the fauna. It could be concluded that: 1. the benthic macrofauna in Algodoal island and peninsula of Ajuruteua was composed by few taxa, and those were typically estuarine and of small dimensions, dominated by Annelida; 2. for characterization of benthic macrofauna is necessary to take samples at 10 cm depth and sieve them on mesh of 0.3 mm size; 3. Muddy-sandy habitats presented normally highest densities and richness; 4. only in Algodoal island was observed temporal variation in the structure of benthic macrofauna; 5. the amount of clay, pheopigments and moisture content in the sediment were the main factors responsible for macrofaunal structure.
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Estimativa da produção anual de serapilheira dos bosques de mangue no Furo Grande, Bragança-Pará
(2007-10) FERNANDES, Marcus Emanuel Barroncas; NASCIMENTO, Antonia Aparecida Monteiro do; CARVALHO, Muzenilha Lira
It is well known that environmental conditions of a determined place can influence the productivity of mangroves. So, the present study estimated the total and components litter production in Furo Grande, Bragança-PA. This study comprised four annual cycles (July/2000 to August/2004) at three sites. Seven traps were placed at each site along a 140 m transect, with 20 m intervals. Each trap had a useful area of 1 m2, with 1 mm2 mesh, suspended above the spring tide level. Accumulated material in the traps was collected on a monthly basis, sorted manually into leaves, flowers, fruits, stipules, twigs, and miscellaneous and then oven-dried to constant weight at 70ºC. The mean production of four years was 9.85 t.ha-1.year-1 at site 1, 6.41 t.ha-1. year -1 at site 2, and 5.99 t.ha-1. year -1 at site 3, with significant difference between sites 1 and 3 (H=7.53; df=2; p<0.05). Overall, the results showed that leaf was the most productive component, and together with flower, had peak in the dry season, which seems to favor energy saving to invest in reproduction, whereas fruit peak in the wet season, providing propagule dispersion and hence the renewal and maintenance of these forests.
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Feeding ecology of juvenile dog snapper Lutjanus jocu (Bloch and Shneider, 1801) (Lutjanidae) in intertidal mangrove creeks in Curuçá estuary (Northern Brazil)
(2009-12) MONTEIRO, Dijane Pantoja; GIARRIZZO, Tommaso; ISAAC, Victoria Judith
The diet and feeding ecology of juvenile dog snapper (Lutjanus jocu) were investigated in 92 specimens collected in four intertidal mangrove creeks of Curuçá estuary, Northern Brazil, between September 2003 and July 2004. No significant differences in total length were found between the sampling months. Feeding intensity was high as indicated by high stomach fullness index and low vacuity index. The most important prey was Penaeidae, followed by Grapsidae and Porcellanidae. The diet of juvenile dog snapper showed clear seasonal differences. Specimens from dry season (September and November) and dry / wet season transition (January), were specialists feeding exclusively on Penaeidae. However, the specimens from wet season (March and May) and wet /dry season transition (July) that consumed mainly Grapsidae, Penaeidae and Porcellanidae were generalist. These seasonal changes in diet could be related to variations in food availability.
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Formas de relevo e dinâmica costeira em São Caetano de Odivelas (PA)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-05-22) PICANÇO, Maria do Socorro Monteiro; FRANÇA, Carmena Ferreira de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5723672412810714
The present research was conducted on the northern part of municipality of São Caetano de Odivelas (PA), which had as objectives identify the relief units, analyze the distribution of these units from the physiographic conditions, verify the variation of multitemporal position of the coastline, identify the geoindicators and analyze the consequences for the vegetation and the morphology that area of study. The methodological procedures of the research included the bibliographical survey and literature review, cartographic base survey and products from remote sensors; treatment and digital processing of orbital images, thematic mapping and field work. Among the morphological units, in this area of study, are the tabuleiros that totals of 52.7 km ² and are located in the center of this area of study, in the shape of isolated blocks with a wavy soft relief, where the altimetry ranges from 6 to 30 meters; The plains of muddy tidal add up to 95.9 km ² and will position themselves as sites parallel to the coastline and along the lower course of rivers, have a flat topography, in which his altimetry goes 2 to 6 meters; muddy banks of intertidal have 7.3 km ², are positioned so as planes parallel to the coastline, with slightly angled relief that goes 0 to 2 meters; the sand ridges subatual add up to 2.2 km ² and are positioned in the shape of arrows arranged as meaning of the present coastline, with flat topography, with a altimetry 6 to 12 meters; alluvial plains have 10.7 km ² and are situated in contact with mangrove areas and along some river channels, with flat topography, above 6 meters; alluvial plains presenting species of Avicennia sp. have 1.1 km ², feature a flat topography that goes 2 to 6 meters and are found the interior plains of muddy tidal; alluvial plains with vegetation fields add up to 4.4 km ², are located shaped places of the narrow valley floors with a flat topography ranges from 4 to 10 meters; the sandy bars have 17.3 km ², are located as deposits elongated in the sense of the mouths of estuaries and feature a flat topography, which ranges from 0 to 2 meters. The geomorphological indicators identified are the advance and retreat of the coastline; the emergence and growth of sandy bars; approach and retraction of sandy bars in relation to the coastline; the biological indicators relates to formation and destruction of neossolos mangrove soil; the increase of mangrove area and development of the standard "Escada"; reduction mangrove area and pattern formation "Paliteiro". The morphological changes can be classified in their majority as acrecionais because in 24 years there was an increase in mangrove area of 3.85 km ², which responsible for 4.19% of the total area plus in addition to have occurred in this period, installing two new islands, the Nova and Peruru. The dynamic that occurs in this municipality cause changes in soil and morphology due to installation of neossolos and formation of mangrove ecosystem, besides the occurrence of patterns "Escada" and "Paliteiro".
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Influência da sazonalidade sobre as águas estuarinas dos furos da ilha de Colares (baía do Marajó)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-12-17) GUIMARÃES, Robledo Hideki Ebata; EL-ROBRINI, Maâmar; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5707365981163429
The characterization of surface and interstitial waters in estuaries is critical to unravel the environmental conditions, environmental quality and seasonal changes, which may occur in smaller space such as the hole in the island of Colares. This work aims to show the influence of seasonality in estuarine waters in the north and south of the mouth of the hole island of Colares and the contribution of pore waters to surface waters. The physical and chemical parameters and nutrients are included: rainfall (IP), temperature, salinity, pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, suspended particulate matter, dissolved oxygen, Secchi depth, nitrate, nitrite, N-ammonia, phosphate, silicate and sulfate. The determination of these parameters occurred simultaneously in each mouth of the hole necklaces over a tidal cycle (13 hours) in rainy (04/10/2013) and drier (10/05/2013) periods. The results show that seasonality affects abiotic conditions of estuarine waters bore the island of Colares and deduces that P1 is the most important factor to effect the changes of physical and chemical parameters, and especially the higher charge mobility, availability and distribution of dissolved nutrients, which were found in higher concentrations in the rainy season. Although the nutrients nitrate and N-ammonia were considered very high at the mouth North, possibly related to the influence of anthropogenic activities. However were considered within the limits established by CONAMA Resolution 357/05. Mouth occurred in South pH levels outside the standard stipulated by Resolution CONAMA, but the phenomenon was considered natural since in this specific is distant from anthropogenic activities. In less rainy period the N-ammonia was found to be absent in mouth North and South. The mangrove was considered as a source of salinity, silicate and sulfate to surface waters.
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Interação de Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763 em manguezais da Ilha de Marajó: uma abordagem ecológica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012) GOMES, Cleidson Paiva; FERNANDES, Marcus Emanuel Barroncas; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8943067124521530
The present study was carried out in the mangroves of Soure, Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, where the great amount of freshwater intake allows the development of transition zones estuary/river defining the geobotanic limits for mangroves in the state of Pará and, hence, for the leaf-removing mangrove crab (Ucididae). For an ecological approach on the interaction between U. cordatus and mangrove forests the following issues were investigated: i) the relationship between the population characteristics of U. cordatus and different transition levels along the gradient of vegetation between mangrove forests and tidal valley forests, ii) the influence of environmental factors of such transition zones on patterns of size and density of U. cordatus population, iii) the impacts of herbivory of U. cordatus on the seedlings production and the possible effects on recruitment process of these seedlings for mangrove forests. Study sites were classified according to the transition level of the tidal várzea forests, and these values correlated with density and size values of U. cordatus population. In each study site the availability of food by litterfall rates, salinity, and indicators of fishing activities on these areas were determined. The impact of U. cordatus on the recruitment of mangrove stands was evaluated by estimating the rate of herbivory and predation on propagules. The results reveal that in the zone of "high transition" local conditions seem to limit U. cordatus stocks, showing that the density of this species population is much lower compared to those recorded in the "low transition" zone. However, areas of high transition offer more favorable conditions for development of the leaf-removing mangrove crab populations, especially with regard to the variability and availability of food and protection from human action in the region. The indicators of fishing activity on U. cordatus revealed that the mangrove forests of the lower transition zone are more subject to overexploitation, mainly for ease of access. The main via of impact on propagules was the consumption rate of 60%, being the rate of export of propagules by tides of only 1%, thus less relevant. U. cordatus may be considered the most important impact agent on the propagules production of these mangrove forests without showing selectivity by size or maturity of seedlings, being important in the regulation of recruitment rates and, hence, in the population dynamics of Rhizophora’s trees in the mangrove forests on the coastal zone of Marajó Island, in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Manguezais do Pará: fauna de galerias perfuradas por teredo em toras de Rhizophora
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 1989-11-29) FERREIRA, Clara Pantoja; AMARAL, Antonia Cecília Zacagnini; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4597417616952392
In view of the large area the mangroves occupy in the State of Para’s coast their well-known importance and with the purpose to investigate their plant composition and to demonstrate the importance of the galleries bored in the logs as an habitat to several populations, periodic collects of Rhizophora lags were conducted. Measurements of temperature, pH, salinity and dissolved oxigen were accomplished. The study region was divided into 2 AREAS. The first one located at the Igarape-Curumbá mangrove (Ananindeua), where the collects were carried cut from April 1985 through January 1986 and the second in the Municípios of Benevides, Belém (Mosqueiro Island), Vigia and São Caetano de Odivelas, in which collects were carried out in July 1987 and January 1988. The mangrove stands from both AREAS are well-developped, specially those from Vigia and São Caetano de Odivelas, that are structurally the most developped. Rhizophora wangle was the dominant species in the 2 AREAS. A total of 45 species and 5022 individuals was recorded from the galleries of the 40 Rhizophora logs analysed. CRUSTACEA was the dominant taxon both for individuals and species numbers in almost all Subareas. The amphipode Grandidierella bonnieroides was the dominant species in the fauna composing 43,5% of the total number of individuals. The high in the AREA I reflects the high proport of common species among Subareas. The low values among the species of the Subareas from AREA II indicates that the composition of the fauna found inside the galleries is affected both by the physical and biological conditions to which the Rhizophora logs are submitted. The relatively high species diversity values of the 2 AREAS suggests the existence of stable conditions inside the galleries, allowing biological adaptations and interactions.