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Luz SCS, Montes MA, Farias RS, Lima RV, Torres RA, Ferreira EJG, Severi W, Coimbra MRM. Reduced genetic diversity and the success of the invasive peacock bass (Cichliformes: Cichlidae). BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 84:e248656. [PMID: 34730686 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.248656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Several species of Cichla successfully colonized lakes and reservoirs of Brazil, since the 1960's, causing serious damage to local wildlife. In this study, 135 peacock bass were collected in a reservoir complex in order to identify if they represented a single dominant species or multiple ones, as several Cichla species have been reported in the basin. Specimens were identified by color pattern, morphometric and meristic data, and using mitochondrial markers COI, 16S rDNA and Control Region (CR). Overlapping morphological data and similar coloration patterns prevented their identification using the taxonomic keys to species identification available in the literature. However, Bayesian and maximum likelihood from sequencing data demonstrated the occurrence of a single species, Cichla kelberi. A single haplotype was observed for the 16S and CR, while three were detected for COI, with a dominant haplotype present in 98.5% of the samples. The extreme low diversity of the transplanted C. kelberi evidenced a limited number of founding maternal lineages. The success of this colonization seems to rely mainly on abiotic factors, such as increased water transparency of lentic environments that favor visual predators that along with the absence of predators, have made C. kelberi a successful invader of these reservoirs.
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- S C S Luz
- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Departamento de Biologia, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Departamento de Zoologia, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Recife, PE, Brasil
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Moura Júnior EG, Pott A, Severi W, Zickel CS. Response of aquatic macrophyte biomass to limnological changes under water level fluctuation in tropical reservoirs. BRAZ J BIOL 2018. [PMID: 29538484 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.179656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We evaluated the response of the biomass of aquatic macrophytes under limnological changes after water level fluctuation (WLF) of two tropical reservoirs (R1 and R2), located in northeastern Brazil. Initially we tested the hypothesis that post-WLF limnological conditions and biomass of macrophytes increase or decrease, depending on the variable or species. We monitored a 4 × 50 m permanent plot, in four expeditions per period (pre- or post-WLF), assessing species biomass and 10 limnological variables. We utilized 0.25 × 0.25 m quadrats for biomass. Once the effect of WLF in limnological variables and species biomass was confirmed, we utilized Canonical Correspondence Analysis to understand the relationship between limnological variables and species biomass. The abundant and/or dominant species in pre-WLF of R1 ( Pistia stratiotes, Eichhornia crassipes and Salvinia auriculata) and R2 (Paspalidium geminatum and S. auriculata) reduced their biomass post-WLF and were correlated with temperature, total phosphorous and nitrate. The reduced biomass of P. stratiotes, E. crassipes and S. auriculata in post-WLF widened resource availability, allowing coexistence of species. Therefore, we suggest that the change of limnological conditions in post-WLF in artificial lakes acts only as a moderator factor of the interspecific interaction (especially coexistence), without direct relation between these conditions and species biomass.
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- E G Moura Júnior
- Núcleo de Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - UNIVASF, CEP 56300-000, Petrolina, PE, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS, CEP 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil
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- Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, CEP 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, CEP 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brasil
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Rocha AAF, Silva-Falcão EC, Severi W. Alimentação das fases iniciais do peixe-rei Atherinella brasiliensis (Atherinopsidae) no estuário do rio Jaguaribe, Itamaracá – PE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.5039/agraria.v3i4a456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The pacu Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887), is a commercially important serrasalmid fish endemic to the Paraná-Paraguay River basin, and one of the most widely cultivated native fish species in the Neotropics. As a migratory species, also inhabiting temporary pools subjected to hypoxic conditions, the species presents a high plasticity concerning respiratory adaptations. In order to supplement basic knowledge on the respiratory physiology and morphology of this species, some structural features of pacu gills, such as filament and lamellae structure, and circulatory pattern are described in this paper.
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- W Severi
- Departamento de Pesca, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Santos CTC, Fernandes MN, Severi W. Respiratory gill surface area of a facultative air-breathing loricariid fish, Rhinelepis strigosa. CAN J ZOOL 1994. [DOI: 10.1139/z94-272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The respiratory surface area of the gill in relation to body mass of the facultative air-breathing loricariid fish Rhinelepis strigosa was analyzed using logarithmic transformation (log Y = log a + b log W) of the equation Y = aWb. The data revealed differences in growth pattern for each gill element. The increase in gill surface area was not isometric with body mass (b = 0.76). The total number of secondary lamellae (b = 0.38) and the average bilateral surface area of the secondary lamellae (b = 0.46) contributed most to the rate of development of the gill surface area (total area of the secondary lamellae) with increase in body mass. Gill filament length (b = 0.339) was more important than the frequency (number/mm) of secondary lamellae in determining the increase in the total number of secondary lamellae. The number of gill filaments showed the lowest b value, 0.072. Rhinelepis strigosa has a larger gill surface area than most other air-breathing fish, indicating that it is better adapted for breathing in water than in air.
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