Manguezais do Pará: fauna de galerias perfuradas por teredo em toras de Rhizophora

Abstract

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.