STRUCTURE OF THE FISH ASSEMBLAGE AND FUNCTIONAL GUILDS IN THE ESTUARY OF MARACAÍPE, NORTHEAST COAST OF BRAZIL

Authors

  • Fernanda de Lima Toledo Favero Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco -  UFRPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Laboratório de Ictiologia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4909-9876
  • Isabela Maria da Silva Araujo Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco -  UFRPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Laboratório de Ictiologia
  • William Severi Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco -  UFRPE, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Laboratório de Ictiologia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8873-5965

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20950/1678-2305.2019.45.1.417

Keywords:

abundance, richness, use guild, trophic guild, juvenile fish

Abstract

The assemblage and functional structure of the fish fauna of the Maracaí­­pe River, municipality of Ipojuca - PE, was characterized by monthly beach trawls carried out from March of 2012 to February of 2013. A beach trawl net (picaré) was used at three different points of the estuary (EST 1, EST 2 and EST 3) during day and night trawls. The captured specimens were measured and weighed in the laboratory, identified and separated into use and trophic guilds using appropriate literature. Abiotic variables (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity and chlorophyll-a) were analyzed as for differences between day periods (night and day) and seasons (dry and rainy), and correlated to fish abundance. No difference was detected between day periods (p>0.07 for all variables), but they differed between seasons for most variables (pâ"°¤0.02), and between sampling points only for dissolved oxygen (p=0.03). In one year of collection, 11,513 specimens were captured, belonging to 92 species, 38 families and 15 orders. Gerreidae, Atherinopsidae, Clupeidae, Gobiidae and Hemiramphidae were responsible for 82.9% of the total abundance. The estuary of the Maracaí­­pe River presents a rich ichthyofauna, but with the quantitative predominance of seven species (Atherinella brasiliensis, Eucinostomus argenteus, E. melanopterus, Ulaema lefroyi, Lile piquitinga, Ctenogobius boleosoma and Hyporhamphus unifasciatus). In the estuary, six species classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Endangered Species List were reported. The estuary presents a high diversity of species, most of them marine, carnivorous, and opportunistic, showing the high resilience of this environment. The predominance of juvenile fish underscores the importance of the Maracaí­­pe River estuary for the maintenance of population stocks of coastal species, demonstrating the urgent demand of management of this environment.

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