Structure of the macrobenthonic of Paca Lagoon, Junín

A characterization was made of structural aspects of macrobenthos in Paca lagoon, which is located at 3364 meters, to 11º 45´ S and 75º 30´ W on the department of Junín, Peru. At the same time, the physical and chemical factors of water and sediment were analyzed. The samples were collected in 8 sta...

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Autores: Huamán, Pedro, Mariano, Mauro, Chanco, Magda, Montoya, Haydee
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/2520
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/2520
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:macrobentos
diversidad
materia orgánica
laguna de Paca
eutroficación
Macrobenthos
diversity
organic matter
Paca lagoon
eutrophication
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Sumario:A characterization was made of structural aspects of macrobenthos in Paca lagoon, which is located at 3364 meters, to 11º 45´ S and 75º 30´ W on the department of Junín, Peru. At the same time, the physical and chemical factors of water and sediment were analyzed. The samples were collected in 8 stations at the littoral region (5) and the Pelagic region (3) during the year of 2000. The samples were taken from each station from the bottom in order to analyze the physical, chemical and biological parameters from macrobenthic community; the samples were found to contain some sediment and water. The results were tested to find out the interaction of the factors with the biological variables. The macrobenthos diversity is poor and shows values smaller than 1,5 and number of species is smaller than 11. The abundance ranges between 16 to 176 ind/0,04 m2 . Tubifex tubifex and Chironomus sp were the species more resistant to the high organic matter values (35,22–38,28%) and low values of free oxigen (1–2 ppm), which points out to eutrophication biological markers.