Consequências da barragem eclusa do Canal São Gonçalo para a ictiofauna do sistema Patos-Mirim / Consequences of the São Gonçalo channel s dam-lock to the ichthyofauna of the Patos-Mirim system

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

20/08/2010

RESUMO

The present study aimed to investigate the consequences of the São Gonçalo channel dam-lock in the structure of the marine, estuarine and freshwater fish assemblies that inhabit the Patos-Mirim lagoon system. The study area was the São Gonçalo channel that connects the Patos Lagoon with the Mirim Lagoon. Sampling took place monthly during years 2005 (12 months), 2006 (6 months), 2007 (12 months) and 2008 (2 months), covering the southwestern part of the channel the limnic region without salinity, and the northeastern part, influenced by saline waters. Samples were taken by means of active gears: beach-seine in depth up to 1.5 m and bottom-trawl at depth higher than 2 m, totaling 384 and 768 samples, respectively. The present work was divided in three chapters: I) Evidence of habitat fragmentation affecting fish movement between Patos and Mirim coastal Lagoons in Soutthenr Brazil, II) Spatial distribution of the fish assembly in a transition zone between Patos Lagoon s e estuary and Mirim Lagoon: São Gonçalo channel, RS, Brazil; III) Environmental patterns influencing the spatial similarity of the fish assembly of a transition zone between estuarine and freshwater. In total, 98 species, with 52,020 individuals were collected by the beach-seine and 155,972 by bottom-trawl. Main results demonstrate that the building of the dam-lock caused a change in the environment of this lagunar system with three aspects: i) habitat loss for the marine vagrant, the estuarine-resident and the estuarine-depentent species, ii) an increase of habitat for primary and secondary freshwater species in the Mirim lagoon region, and iii) habitat fragmentation for primary and secondary freshwater species in the limnic and estuarine regions of the channel. The proposed measures to mitigate the impact of the dam-lock are related to increase the passage of estuarine-dependent species towards the limnic region of São Gonçalo channel and to Mirim lagoon, by improving the operation of the dam-lock gates.

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ecossistemas impactos ambientais efeitos ambientais ictiofauna peixes barragens brasil canal são gonçalo lagoa mirim lagoa do patos oceanografia biologica são gonçalo channel mirim lagoon patos lagoon brazil dams fish ichthyofauna environmental effects environmental impacts ecosystems biology biologia

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