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      Biodiversity of non-marine ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in the alluvial valley of the upper Paraná River, Brazil Translated title: Biodiversidade de ostrácodes (Crustacea, Ostracoda) no vale aluvial do Alto Rio Paraná, Brasil

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          In the present study, we test the relevance of a number of environmental factors on alpha and beta ostracod diversities, at species and family level. Ostracods were sampled from several substrates, including sediment and root systems of various floating aquatic macrophytes, from 48 environments (both lentic and lotic habitats, ranging from the river itself, over connecting channels linking with open lakes, and, finally closed lakes), belonging to four different systems (Paraná, Ivinheima, Baía and Taquaruçu), in the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River. The faunistic survey recorded the presence of 54 species of Ostracoda, belonging to the families Cyprididae, Candonidae, Limnocytheridae and Darwinulidae. Various diversity estimators indicated that these recorded levels of specific diversity should be close to true values. Higher values of ostracods species richness (alpha diversity) were observed in the Baía and Ivinheima systems, while lotic habitats were richer than lentic ones. In addition, open lakes appeared to be more affected by the variable 'system' than closed ones, which can to some extend be explained by the putative effects of flood pulse on benthic communities. The two investigated factors have different effects on the four ostracod families. The present study also indicated that there is a large homogeneity within and between systems, as exemplified by the low beta-diversity levels.

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          No presente estudo foi testada a relevância de fatores ambientais sobre a diversidade alfa e beta de ostrácodes, bem como, sobre a diversidade de um nível taxonômico mais elevado (família). Os ostrácodes foram coletados em vários substratos, incluindo o sedimento e macrófitas aquáticas flutuantes, de 48 ambientes (habitats lênticos e lóticos, variando desde o próprio rio, conectado a canais, que estão ligados à lagoas abertas e, finalmente, lagoas fechadas), pertencentes a diferentes sistemas (Paraná, Ivinheima, Baía e Taquaruçu), no vale aluvial do Alto Rio Paraná. O levantamento faunístico registrou a ocorrência de 54 espécies de Ostracoda, pertencentes às famílias Cyprididae, Candonidae, Limnocytheridae e Darwinulidae. Vários estimadores de diversidade indicaram que estes níveis de diversidade foram próximos aos valores esperados. Maiores valores de riqueza de espécies de ostrácodes (diversidade alfa) foram observados nos sistemas Baía e Ivinheima, ao passo que os ambientes lóticos foram mais ricos que os lênticos. Além disso, lagoas abertas parecem ser mais afetados pela variável sistema do que as lagoas fechadas, as quais podem ser de alguma maneira explicado por um possível efeito do pulso de inundação sobre as comunidades bênticas. Os dois fatores investigados apresentaram efeitos distintos sobre as quatro famílias de ostrácodes. O presente estudo também indicou que existe uma grande homogeneidade dentro e entre os sistemas como evidenciada pelos baixos níveis de diversidade beta.

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                Journal
                bjb
                Brazilian Journal of Biology
                Braz. J. Biol.
                Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (São Carlos, SP, Brazil )
                1519-6984
                1678-4375
                June 2009
                : 69
                : 2 suppl
                : 661-668
                Affiliations
                [01] Maringá PR orgnameUniversidade Estadual de Maringá orgdiv1Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aqüicultura orgdiv2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais Brazil
                [02] Brussels orgnameFreshwater Biology orgdiv1Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Belgium
                [03] Ghent orgnameUniversity of Ghent Belgium
                Article
                S1519-69842009000300020 S1519-6984(09)06900220
                7c9565ed-6fd3-4caa-b9ad-9efb93ef47e1

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 04 March 2009
                : 27 November 2008
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 29, Pages: 8
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                diversity,Ostracoda,América do Sul,Rio Paraná,planície de inundação,diversidade,South America,Paraná River,floodplain

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