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      Phytoplankton composition of the Itaparica and Xingó reservoirs, São Francisco River, Brazil Translated title: Composição fitoplanctônica dos reservatórios de Itaparica e Xingó, Rio São Francisco, Brasil

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          AbstractThe installation of dams causes changes to the integrity of rivers and to the water cycle, performing an instrumental role in the organization of biological communities, including that of phytoplankton. In the present study, we analyzed the taxonomic composition of phytoplankton in two hydroelectric reservoirs on the São Francisco River, Itaparica and Xingó reservoirs. Samples were collected at quarterly intervals between December 2007 and September 2009, at 12 sampling stations in each reservoir, totaling 92 samples. We identified 110 species in the Itaparica reservoir and 136 in the Xingó reservoir, of which diatoms followed by green algae, played a major contribution to both reservoirs. Most of the species is rare and/or occasional. In the Itaparica reservoir, there were no very frequent species, although in the Xingó this category was represented by the diatoms Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen and Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton. These results show that, despite the similarity in the composition of phytoplankton, the reservoirs studied certainly differed regarding their environmental conditions.

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          ResumoA instalação de barragens provoca alterações na integridade dos rios e no ciclo hidrológico, desempenhando papel decisivo na organização das comunidades biológicas, incluindo a fitoplanctônica. No presente estudo, foi realizada uma análise da composição taxonômica do fitoplâncton em dois reservatórios hidrelétricos do rio São Francisco, reservatórios Itaparica e Xingó. As coletas foram realizadas entre dezembro de 2007 e setembro de 2009, com intervalos trimestrais, em 12 estações de amostragem em cada reservatório, totalizando 192 amostras. Foram identificadas 110 espécies no reservatório de Itaparica e 136 no reservatório de Xingó, sendo observado, em ambos, maior contribuição das diatomáceas, seguidas pelas algas verdes. A maioria das espécies foi considerada esporádica e/ou pouco frequente. No reservatório de Itaparica, não foram registradas espécies muito frequentes, já no reservatório de Xingó esta categoria esteve representada pelas diatomáceas Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen e Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton. Esses resultados mostram que, apesar da semelhança na composição fitoplanctônica, os reservatórios estudados, certamente, diferem nas condições ambientais.

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            Environmental context of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Cyanobacteria) blooms in a shallow pond in France.

            Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, a potentially toxic blooming cyanobacterium (blue-green alga), responsible for public health problems in Australia, was identified in France in 1994 in a shallow pond south of Paris. A program monitoring the occurrence of C. raciborskii in this pond was conducted from July 1998 to October 1999. The phytoplankton assemblages were studied, and limnological parameters (water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity, and dissolved inorganic nutrients) were measured. By multivariate analysis (principal component analysis), we showed that sufficiently high temperatures to allow the germination of akinetes, relatively low nutrient concentrations (soluble reactive phosphorus with a mean concentration of 1 microM and nitrate between 0 and 5 microM, except in February 1999 (21 microM)) and a characteristic high and constant sulfate concentration (8981+/-471 microM) seemed to be the main factors involved in the proliferation of C. raciborskii in the "Francs-Pêcheurs" (FP) pond. In the light of these findings and of bibliographic data, C. raciborskii would seem to be characterized by good adaptability, but also by low competitiveness with other phytoplanktonic species in the temperate study area.
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              Integration of research and management in optimizing multiple uses of reservoirs: the experience in South America and Brazilian case studies

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                Journal
                bjb
                Brazilian Journal of Biology
                Braz. J. Biol.
                Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (São Carlos )
                1678-4375
                August 2015
                : 75
                : 3
                : 616-627
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Brazil
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                S1519-69842015000400616
                10.1590/1519-6984.19413
                33dc4ebb-886a-4371-a3ad-022dd52a4eaa

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                General life sciences
                check list,freshwater,hydroelectric reservoir,microalgae,Northeast,água doce,reservatório hidrelétrico,microalgas,Nordeste

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