Título:	Factors that drive zooplankton diversity in Neo-Tropical Savannah shallow lakes
Autor(es):	Fonseca, Claudia Padovesi Rezende, Renan de Souza
Assunto:	Diversidade biológica Nutrição Heterogeneidade
Data de publicação:	2017
Editora:	Associação Brasileira de Limnologia
Referência:	FONSECA, Claudia Padovesi; REZENDE, Renan de Souza. Factors that drive zooplankton diversity in Neo-Tropical Savannah shallow lakes. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, Rio Claro, v. 29, e15, 2017. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2017000100314&lng=en&nrm=iso>. Acesso em: 9 jan. 2018. Epub Nov 09, 2017. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s2179-975x1817.
Abstract:	Zooplankton is an important community in aquatic ecosystems due to its linkage between primary producers and secondary consumers also playing a key role in cycling of organic materials. Aim: Therefore, our objective was to evaluate the effects of physicochemical variables of the water on the diversity of zooplankton community in seven tropical shallow lakes of Brazilian savannah. Methods Zooplankton samples were taken using a bucket and filtered 200 L by a 64 µm-mesh-plankton-net, and preserved for subsequent identification. Water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, chlorophyll-a, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, total phosphorus, and soluble reactive phosphorus were measured. Results The turbidity (decreases the temperature, luminosity and the system productivity) and ammonium (increases the toxicity) values were the major factors responsible for structuring the zooplankton community. On the other hand, also nitrogen and phosphorus (increase the productivity) are limiting in savannah lentic systems for the zooplankton. The higher α diversity was positively associated with aquatic macrophytes (increase of niches and refuge), whereas lakes with geographic proximity increase the similarity in species composition, decreasing the β diversity. Conclusions We conclude that the deterministic processes (niche theory), due to species have different ecological requirements, are different responses to environmental gradients and increase the diversity in heterogenic lentic systems.
Licença:	Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia - 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 (CC BY 4.0). Fonte: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2017000100314&lng=en&nrm=iso. Acesso em: 9 jan. 2018.
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s2179-975x1817
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