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Seção Temática: Simpósio de Zooplâncton Neotropical

Environmental heterogeneity in wetlands increases alpha and beta diversity of cladocerans (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) at local and regional scale

A heterogeneidade ambiental em áreas úmidas aumenta a diversidade alfa e beta de cladóceros (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) em escala local e regional

Francisco Diogo Rocha Sousa; Lourdes Maria Abdu Elmoor-Loureiro; Luciana Mendonça-Galvão; Nadson Ressyé Simões

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S2179-975X2624 Acta Limnol. Bras. (Online), vol.37, e101, 2025
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Abstract

Aim: The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of habitat heterogeneity on diversity on a local and regional scale. We tested two hypotheses: (i) the habitat diversity, given by quantity of microhabitat by macrophytes richness, increases the alpha diversity of organisms that live in those environments; (ii) the habitat heterogeneity, given by compositional difference of microhabitat, increases the beta diversity of organisms that live in those environments.

Methods: Samples contained cladocerans and macrophytes were collected in six wetlands from the Brazil Central during dry and rainy seasons, in Brazilian National Park (BNP) and Formosa Instruction Field (FIF).

Results: In local scale (wetlands) the number of macrophyte morphospecies shows the positive effect on alpha diversity of cladoceran; the compositional difference of the microhabitat positively affected the beta diversity in three wetlands studied. In regional scale, the number of macrophyte morphospecies showed the positive effect on alpha diversity; the beta diversity was higher in the BNP than in the FIF.

Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the species richness and dissimilarity of aquatic macrophytes increased to alpha and beta diversity of cladocerans on the local and regional scales. Thus, cladocerans richness was correlated with the number of microhabitats and the variability between microhabitats in wetlands.

 

Keywords

 Chydoridae, microcrustaceans, microhabitats, wetland

Resumo

Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar o efeito da heterogeneidade do habitat na diversidade de cladóceros em escala local e regional. Nós testamos duas hipóteses: (i) a diversidade de habitat, dada pela quantidade de microhabitat, amenta a diversidade alfa de organismos que vivem nesses ambientes; (ii) a heterogeneidade de microhabitat, dada pela diferença de composição do microhabitat, aumenta a diversidade beta dos organismos que vivem nesses ambientes.

Métodos: Amostras de cladóceros e de macrófitas foram coletadas em seis áreas úmidas do Brasil Central, durante as estações seca e chuvosa, no Parque Nacional de Brasília (BNP) e no Campos de Instrução de Formosa (FIF).

Resultados: Em escala local (áreas úmidas), o número de morfoespécies de macrófitas mostrou um efeito positivo na diversidade alfa de cladóceros; a diferença de composição do microhabitat afetou positivamente a diversidade beta em três áreas úmidas estudadas. Em escala regional, o número de morfoespécies de macrófitas mostrou efeito positivo na diversidade alfa; a diversidade beta foi maior em BNP do que em FIF.

Conclusões: Nossos resultados indicam que a riqueza e dissimilaridade de espécies de macrófitas aquáticas aumentaram a diversidade alfa e beta de cladóceros em escala local e regional. Assim, a riqueza de cladóceros foi correlacionada ao número e a variabilidade de microhabitats em áreas úmidas.

Palavras-chave

Chydoridae, microcrustáceos, microhabitats, áreas úmida

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