Tática reprodutiva e estrutura da população de Cichla monoculus Spix & Agassiz, 1831 (Perciformes, Cichlidae) em ambientes com diferentes regimes hidrológicos.

This study assumed that some species are able to change the reproductive tactic depending on currently environmental conditions. The tested hypothesis is that the peacock bass Cichla monoculus, an introduced species of Amazonian region, presents a differential reproductive tactic that depends on the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Espinola, Luis Alberto
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (RI-UEM)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:localhost:1/4916
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.uem.br:8080/jspui/handle/1/4916
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tucunaré
Espécie introduzida
Reprodução
Planície de inundação
Reservatório
Cichla monoculus Spix & Agassiz, 1831
Brasil.
Peacock bass
Introduced species
Reproduction
Floodplain
Reservoir
Brazil.
Ciências Biológicas
Ecologia
Descripción
Sumario:This study assumed that some species are able to change the reproductive tactic depending on currently environmental conditions. The tested hypothesis is that the peacock bass Cichla monoculus, an introduced species of Amazonian region, presents a differential reproductive tactic that depends on the variation of the hydrometric level on the upper Paraná River floodplain and Corumbá Reservoir. The hydrological analysis showed that the level on the floodplain was very irregular compared to the level on the reservoir, presenting often potamophases. Limnophases were less frequent and of long duration. Because of the short retention time, hydrometric level variations on reservoir were of less than 9 cm above and below the overflow level, with the same number of potamophases and limnophases, both of them of similar duration. Either in the floodplain as in the reservoir, abundance peaks of juveniles occurred on potamophases. In the floodplain, these peaks were associated to sharp increase of short duration of the hydrometric level, especially in February 2000 and March 2003. In the reservoir, the occurrence of juveniles was registered practically in all samplings, with two peaks in April and December 1998, corresponding to the rainfall period. In both systems, juvenile abundance was positively correlated with the hydrometric level. It was concluded that C. monoculus changes its reproductive tactic responding to variations of hydrometric level and environmental seasonality.