Biodiversity of aquatic environments in a peri-urban Atlantic Forest protected remnant: a checklist

• Autor(a) principal: Magalhães,Karine Matos
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Lima,Maria Cecília Santana de, Santos,Ednilza Maranhão, Correia,Jozélia Maria de Sousa, Silva,Ana Carolina Borges Lins e
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biota Neotropica
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032019000400313
• topic: PPBio; PEDI site; Aquatic macrophytes; Fungi; Aquatic Fauna

Abstract: We present a checklist for the aquatic biodiversity from two reservoirs within a PPBio (Biodiversity Research Program) site in a peri-urban forest fragment, the Dois Irmãos State Park (PEDI), in Pernambuco, Brazil. We obtained the data via extensive field collection and information from a specialized literature survey. We recorded 397 species in 156 families; the animal was the most abundant group (140 species) followed by fungi taxa (103), periphyton (69), aquatic macrophytes (44), and terrestrial plants in flooded areas (41). This review reflects different sample efforts toward selected groups and allows the definition of a long-term protocol for guiding new research based on the identified knowledge gaps revealed. Future ecological research should address the influence of the trophic state of the reservoirs, as well as the effects of competitive exclusion and predation on the long-term viability of the local diversity.