Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
Thematic Section: Neotropical Zooplankton Symposium

Community attributes reflecting the zooplankton secondary production: using field and experimental approaches

Atributos da comunidade refletindo a produção secundária do zooplâncton: usando abordagens de campo e experimentais

Juliana Deo Dias; Nadson Ressye Simões; María Rosa Miracle; Thais Xavier de Melo; Claudia Costa Bonecker

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Abstract

Aim: We investigated the relationship between ecological attributes of the zooplankton community and its secondary production.

Methods: Samples were taken from lakes in the floodplain of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil), in low and high-water periods, and in a manipulative experiment realized in mesocosms.

Results: The highest amount of production was related to the dominance of few species. Secondary production of larger and long-lived organisms, such as copepods, had been most associated with the biomass, whereas smaller ones, such as rotifers, with the abundance.

Conclusions: These attributes of the zooplankton community (biomass and abundance) can be used as proxies to estimate the zooplankton secondary production in the floodplain, supporting the studies on monitoring and conservation of these ecosystems.

Keywords

 ecosystem property; environmental monitoring; proxies; biomass; abundance

Resumo

Objetivo: Nós investigamos a relação entre atributos ecológicos da comunidade zooplanctônica e a produção secundária.

Métodos: Amostras foram coletadas em lagos da planície de inundação do Alto Rio Paraná (Brasil), em períodos de águas baixas e altas, e em um experimento manipulativo realizado em mesocosmos.

Resultados: A maior produção secundária esteve relacionada à dominância de poucas espécies. A produção secundária de organismos de maior tamanho e maior ciclo de vida, como os copépodes, foi mais associada à biomassa, enquanto os menores, como os rotíferos, à abundância.

Conclusões: Esses atributos da comunidade zooplanctônica (biomassa e densidade) podem ser usados ​​como proxies para estimar a produção secundária de zooplâncton na planície de inundação, subsidiando os estudos de monitoramento e conservação desses ecossistemas.

Palavras-chave

propriedade do ecossistema; monitoramento ambiental; proxies; biomassa; abundância

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