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Distribution of benthic fauna in sediment grains and prop roots of a mangrove channel in south-eastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

Debora De Souza Silva-Camacho ,
Rafaela De S. Gomes ,
Joaquim N.S. Santos  and
Francisco Gerson Araújo
Debora De Souza Silva-Camacho
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, CEP 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brasil
Rafaela De S. Gomes
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, CEP 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brasil
Joaquim N.S. Santos
Affiliation:
Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais – IFNMG, Fazenda Meio Pé da Serra, s/no. BR 367, km 278, Caixa Postal 11, CEP 39600-000, Aracuaí, MG, Brasil
Francisco Gerson Araújo*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, CEP 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brasil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:F.G. Araújo, Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, CEP 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brasil email: gerson@ufrrj.br
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Abstract

We examined the benthic fauna in four areas along a mangrove tidal channel in south-eastern Brazil, between October 2008 and August 2009. The tested hypothesis is that the most abundant groups avoid competition as they occupy different types of substrata and that the longitudinal distance from the sea also affects the occurrence of benthic fauna along the channel. We also examined the prop root epibiont fauna to describe this different community. Polychaeta was the dominant group in the sediment whereas Isopoda and Tanaidacea were the dominant groups on the prop roots. We found a tendency for higher infauna species richness and diversity in the innermost channel area during the summer. Higher abundance of epibiont fauna was also found in summer with tidal movements allowing the colonization of the prop roots of the mangrove forest by some taxa. The polychaetes Ceratocephale sp. and Laeonereis acuta had indication of habitat partitioning, with the first occurring mainly in very fine sand sediment whereas the latter preferred medium sand sediment. The microcrustaceans Chelorchestia darwini and Tanaidacea sp. 1 occurred in high abundance colonizing the prop roots. Exosphaeroma sp. was found in high abundance in infauna and epibiont fauna. The tested hypothesis of spatial partitioning of the mangrove channel by the benthic fauna was confirmed with the most abundant species occupying the substrata with different grain fractions and prop roots in different stations.

Keywords

Benthic invertebrateshabitat partitioningzonationmangrove forest
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 97 , Issue 2 , March 2017 , pp. 377 - 385
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2016 

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