Population biology of dominant fish species of the Santa Bárbara river, a tributary of the Nova Avanhandava reservoir (low Tietê river, São Paulo State, Brazil) - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i1.650

Autor: Vidotto, Ana Paula, Carvalho, Edmir Daniel
Jazyk: portugalština
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; Vol 31 No 1 (2009); 55-63
Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 31 n. 1 (2009); 55-63
Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences
Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
instacron:UEM
ISSN: 1807-863X
1679-9283
Popis: The aim of this study is to characterize some population biology parameters of P. squamosissimus, A. altiparanae and S. maculatus, the dominant fish species of the Santa Bárbara River, a tributary of the Nova Avanhandava Reservoir, low Tietê River. Fish samplings were performed monthly between September/2002 and August/2003, using gill nets with different mesh sizes. Females of all species have larger standard lengths than males (Mann-Whitney, p The aim of this study is to characterize some population biology parameters of P. squamosissimus, A. altiparanae and S. maculates, the dominant fish species of the Santa Bárbara river, a tributary of the Nova Avanhandava reservoir, low Tietê river. Fish samplings were performed monthly between September/2002 and August/2003, using gill nets with different mesh sizes. Females of all species have larger standard lengths than males (Mann-Whitney, p < 0.0001), and are more frequent in superior size classes (Kolmogorov-Smirnov, p < 0.0001). All populations presented isometric growth, but differences between males and females were observed. Only P. squamosissimus presented a gender ratio different from 1:1, with a higher proportion of males (1:2, χ2, p < 0.05). The onset of gonadal maturation occurs at 15 cm in P. squamosissimus, 9 cm in S. maculates and at 8.9 cm in A. altiparanae. In all species populations, the adults predominate over juveniles. The allometric condition factor (K) of P. squamosissimus and S. maculates presented higher values in the periods from March-May and June-August, and A. altiparanae in the period from March-May (Kruskal-Wallis, p < 0.05). These results indicate that the populations successfully exploit the lentic environment, and present life cycle tactics adapted to their particular means of environment occupation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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