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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Community structure of shallow rocky shore fish in a tropical bay of the southwestern Atlantic |
Author: | Ferreira, C. Coni, E. Medeiros, D. Sampaio, C. Reis-Filho, J. Barros, F. Loiola, M. Nunes, J. |
Citation: | Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2015; 63(4):379-395 |
Publisher: | Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
ISSN: | 1679-8759 1982-436X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Camilo Moitinho Ferreira, Ericka O. Cavalcanti Coni, Diego V. Medeiros, Cláudio L. S. Sampaio, José Amorim Reis-Filho, Francisco Barros, Miguel Loiola, José de Anchieta Cintra da Costa Nunes |
Abstract: | Southwestern Atlantic Ocean rocky shores sustain important reef fish communities. However, those communities in tropical regions are not well understood, especially in Brazil. In this present article we assess community parameters of reef fishes such as composition, trophic organization and their relationships with physical and biological factors on four tropical rocky shores in Todos os Santos Bay, southwestern Atlantic. During six months, a total of 80 visual censuses were performed, in which 3,582 fish belonging to 76 species were recorded. Territorial herbivorous fish and turf algae were dominant at all the sites. The spatial variability of fish community structure was related to the benthic cover composition and depth. The high abundance of territorial herbivores and mobile invertebrate feeders could be associated with high levels of turf cover, low wave exposure and shallow waters. Moreover, this fact could be a consequence of the low density of roving herbivores and large carnivores probably due to the pressure of intense fishing activity. Thus complementary studies are needed to evaluate the actual conservation status of these rocky shore reefs, singularly located habitats connecting inner and outer reefs in Todos os Santos Bay. |
Keywords: | Todos os Santos Bay; rocky shores; fish communities; habitat structure; trophic groups; visual census |
Rights: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
DOI: | 10.1590/S1679-87592015074706304 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1679-87592015074706304 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science publications |
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