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Composição e variabilidade espaço-temporal da meiofauna de uma praia arenosa na região amazônica (Ajuruteua, Pará)
(2009-06) GOMES, Tatianne Pereira; ROSA FILHO, José Souto
The present study investigates the spatio-temporal changes in the meiofauna community along the intertidal zone of Ajuruteua Beach, State of Pará, Brazil. Samples were collected during spring tides at different levels of the beach face every two months from April 2003 to February 2004. The material was sampled using a cylindrical corer (3.14 cm2) and fixed with 5% saline formalin. In the laboratory, samples were sieved through a 0.063 mm mesh screen and the retained organisms were identified at higher taxonomic levels, counted and preserved in ethanol 70%. Meiofauna was composed of eight groups: Turbellaria, Nematoda, Tardigrada, Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Acari, Copepoda and nauplius (Copepoda). Nematoda was the dominant group, representing 74% of total organisms, followed by Copepoda (19%). A clear faunal zonation was observed on three lines parallel to the shoreline, which showed significant differences in abundance, richness and density of the main taxonomic groups. The mean density was lowest in April and highest in December. The highest densities and richness were recorded in the mid intertidal zone, while the lowest values were recorded in the upper and lower intertidal zones. Meiofauna community was most rich and abundant during the dry months, although differences were not significant between climatic periods. The main factors
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A estrada para o “progresso”: política, cultura e natureza em Bragança, Pará (1970-1996)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-06-12) OLIVEIRA, Marcus Vinicius Cunha; HENRIQUE, Márcio Couto; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1963995260174868
This paper studies the construction of Bragança-Ajuruteua road, PA-458, Para, Brazil, in the period of 1970-1996. The highway, which covered 26 km of mangrove, caused changes to the environment and consequently the lives of several individuals who live from the natural resources of this ecosystem. The study aims to understand the permanence and the changes caused by the highway in the relationship man / nature, and the many interpretations of the men on this space, through the analysis of political speeches, news reports, photographs, local literature, ethnography, and oral reports of the people who works with crabs, these people are deeply involved with the mangrove. From this, it was found that the development thought by the political authorities and the local elite, with the tourist operation of Ajuruteua Beach, was designed with a nature vision separated from culture, a utilitarian and contemplative nature that neglected local communities and the preservation conditions of the ecosystem. However, even before that, people whose lives were impacted by the project, "created" strategies to adapt to new realities, and they used the road in favor of their daily life.
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Estrutura fina do espermatozóide de Mellita quinquiesperforata Leske (Echinodermata) do litoral norte do Brasil
(2000-09) MATOS, Edilson Rodrigues; MATOS, Patrícia Santos; CORRAL, Laura Felícia Machado; AZEVEDO, Carlos José Correia de
The fine structure of the spermatozoon in the Mellita quinquiesperforata Leske, 1778 was studied. Collected from the Amazon region, were described by light and transmission electron microscopy. The spermatozoon consisted of a acrosome complex, nucleus, four to six mitochondria, two centrioles and flagellum. The acrosome was composed of a acrosome complex, the acrosomal vesicle and the subacrosomal space. The nucleus are composed by dense material. The middle piece contains 4-6 mitochondria which are arranged around the centrioles, the 9p+0, whose axoneme has the classic 9p+2 microtubular construction.
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Molecular identification, phylogeny and geographic distribution of Brazilian mangrove oysters (Crassostrea)
(2010) MELO, Aline Grasielle Costa de; VARELA, Eduardo Sousa; BEASLEY, Colin Robert; SCHNEIDER, Horacio; SAMPAIO, Maria Iracilda da Cunha; GAFFNEY, Patrick Michael; REECE, Kimberly S.; TAGLIARO, Claudia Helena
Oysters (Ostreidae) manifest a high degree of phenotypic plasticity, whereby morphology is of limited value for species identification and taxonomy. By using molecular data, the aim was to genetically characterize the species of Crassostrea occurring along the Brazilian coast, and phylogenetically relate these to other Crassostrea from different parts of the world. Sequencing of the partial cytochrome oxidase c subunit I gene (COI), revealed a total of three species of Crassostrea at 16 locations along the Brazilian coast. C. gasar was found from Curuçá (Pará state) to Santos (São Paulo state), and C. rhizophorae from Fortim (Ceará state) to Florianópolis (Santa Catarina state), although small individuals of the latter species were also found at Ajuruteua beach (municipality of Bragança, Pará state). An unidentified Crassostrea species was found only on Canela Island, Bragança. Crassostrea gasar and C. rhizophorae grouped with C. virginica, thereby forming a monophyletic Atlantic group, whereas Crassostrea sp. from Canela Island was shown to be more similar to Indo-Pacific oysters, and either arrived in the Atlantic Ocean before the convergence of the Isthmus of Panama or was accidentally brought to Brazil by ship.
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Morfologia e sedimentologia da praia de macromaré de Ajuruteua, Pará: um estudo para definição de índices de sensibilidade ambiental ao derramamento de óleo
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2007-10-28) BRAGA, Francisca de Paula da Silva; SOUZA FILHO, Pedro Walfir Martins e
The Ajuruteua macrotidal beach located in Northern Brazil is subject to oil pollution in response to the routes of tanker ships. Hence, it is very important to know the environmental characteristics to establish contingency plans. The aim of this work is to investigate the spatial and seasonal changes in grain size and morphologic properties along the intertidal zone (IZ) to define environmental sensitivity index (ESI) to oil spill in this beach zone. During this research it was carried out 23 beach profiles from foredunes to 1 m in deep in the subtidal zone under low spring tide condition. Along this profiles, sedimentary samples were collected in June, September and December 2005 (solsticious) and March 2006 (equinoctials). Sedimentary samples were analyzed in laser granulometer (Malvern Mastersize 2000) in 1/8φ interval. Topographical data were collected by TOPCON total station and processed using TOPOGRAPH 98SE and GOLDEN SOFTWARE (SUFER 8.0). The results show seasonal variations in the grain size and morphologic distribution in the IZ. On June and December the IZ is flat, while on March and September we observe the occurrence of a ridge and runnel system. On June and December, the upper IZ sediments are fine, well sorted, with positive skewness, tending to be coarser in direction to lower IZ, where the sediments are moderately to poorly sorted, with negative skewness. On September and March, it was observed heterogeneity on IZ sediment distribution; the grain size changes from fine to medium, from well to poorly sorted, with negative skewness. In the runnel, the sediments tend to be coarser with negative skewness and moderately sorting. To Ajuruteua beach ESI map elaboration we classified the index 3A as less sensible and the index 3E as more sensible. On June and December the lower IZ is more sensible (index 3D) to oil spill than upper IZ (index 3A). On March and September, the sensibility is higher, mainly along the runnel (3E), that work out as a trap, difficulting the oil cleaning.
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Redescription of megalopa and juvenile development of Pachygrapsus gracilis (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from the Amazon region, reared in the laboratory
(2011-08) ARRUDA, Danielle Cristina Bulhões; ABRUNHOSA, Fernando Araujo
This present study re-describes the megalopa stage and provides detailed morphological descriptions and main growth changes observed in stages I through VII of the juvenile instars of the dark shore crab Pachygrapsus gracilis (Saussure, 1858), from the Amazon region. The specimens in this study were reared in the laboratory and the megalopae were collected at Ajuruteua beach in northeastern Pará, Brazil. Previous studies had described the megalopa of P. gracilis from Mexican waters, as well as those of Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes, 1850) and Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius, 1787). A comparison between the Mexican and Amazonian populations of P. gracilis revealed significant morphological differences. The main difference is the presence of 3 elongated setae on the 5th pereiopods of individuals of the Amazonian population. The setal number and their arrangement in the appendages also differed. In P. gracilis, the male and female genital openings are observed from the juvenile instar III, whereas differentiation in male pleopods is observed only in juvenile instar V. In females, the pleopods undergo rapid differentiation during juvenile instar VI. These morphological comparisons and other observations on development are briefly compared and discussed with reports for other species.
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Seasonal abundance of the shipworm Neoteredo reynei (Bivalvia, Teredinidae) in mangrove driftwood from a northern Brazilian beach
(2008-03) SANTOS FILHO, Carlos; TAGLIARO, Claudia Helena; BEASLEY, Colin Robert
Shipworms are important decomposers of wood, especially in mangrove forests where productivity is high. However, little emphasis has been given to the activity of shipworms in relation to the export of nutrients from mangroves to adjacent coastal areas. As a first step to obtaining such information, the frequency of colonized mangrove driftwood as well as shipworm density and length were studied by collecting washed up logs during a year at Ajuruteua beach, state of Pará, northern Brazil. A single species, Neoteredo reynei (Bartsch, 1920), was found colonizing driftwood. Although large colonized logs were most common on the beach, shipworm density was higher in small logs, especially during the dry season. In general, however, density was higher during the wet season (January to April) and lowest in July. Overall shipworm mean length was 9.66cm. In large logs, mean length increased between the wet and dry seasons. However, there was no difference in length among log size categories. Mean shipworm length was similar throughout most of the year but tended to be greater in July. Although salinity varied between 10.9 and 40 during the year, no relationship was found between salinity and density or length. The results suggest that shipworm activity in driftwood logs is relatively constant throughout the year. Increased air humidity and rainfall may promote survival during the wet season. Large logs may take longer to colonize and thus have lower densities than small ones which are scarce probably because they are destroyed rapidly by shipworm activity. However, data on the disintegration of logs would be necessary to test this hypothesis. Larger size of shipworms in the dry season may be related to growth after an earlier recruitment period. Shipworms in large logs during the dry season may be better protected from dessication and high temperatures by the insulating properties of the larger volume of wood.
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Structure and temporal variation of the phytoplankton of a macrotidal beach from the Amazon coastal zone
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-09) QUEIROZ, Jislene Brito Matos; OLIVEIRA, Suellen Mara Oliveira de; PEREIRA, Luci Cajueiro Carneiro; COSTA, Rauquírio André Albuquerque Marinho da
The present study aimed to analyze the structure and the temporal variation of the phytoplankton of Ajuruteua beach (Bragança, Pará) and to investigate the influence of environmental variables on the dynamics of this community to provide a basis about the trophic state of this environment. Biological, hydrological and hydrodynamic samplings were performed during a nyctemeral cycle in the months of November/08, March/09, June/09 and September/09. We identified 110 taxa, which were distributed among the diatoms (87.3%), dinoflagellates (11.8%) and cyanobacteria (0.9%), with the predominance of neritic species, followed by the tychoplankton species. Chlorophyll-a concentrations were the highest during the rainy period (24.5 mg m-3), whereas total phytoplankton density was higher in the dry period (1,255 x 103 cell L-1). However, phytoflagellates density was significantly higher during the rainy period. Cluster Analysis revealed the formation of four groups, which were influenced by the monthly differences in the environmental variables. The Principal Component Analysis indicated salinity and chlorophyll-a as the main variables that explained the components. Spearman correlation analysis supported the influence of these variables on the local phytoplankton community. Overall, the results obtained suggest that rainfall and strong local hydrodynamics play an important role in the dynamic of the phytoplankton of Ajuruteua beach, by influencing both environmental and biological variables.