Stonefly (Plecoptera) fauna of streams in a mountainous area of Central Brazil: abiotic factors and nymph density

Bispo, Pitágoras da Conceição; Froehlich, Cláudio Gilberto; Oliveira, Leandro Gonçalves

doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000500026

Abstract

The stonefly (Pleeoptera) nymphs of streams of the Almas River basin, Pirenópolis, Goiás State, Central Brazil, and some abiotie factors that might affect their temporal distribution were studied. Nymphs were sampled monthly (June 1993 to July 1994) in five stations with a Surber sampler, and each sample consisted of 20 units totalling 2 m². In each station, stream velocity, discharge, temperature, electrical conductivity and pH were measured in order to assess their influence on the density of nymphs. Nymphs were identified to genus level. In general, the annual variation in density of nymphs, in four stations, showed that the seasonal variation was not clearly influenced by the annual rain cycle. In the case of the one of the stations, where numbers of stonefly nymphs were low and the anthropic action high, there was a density peak in the rainy season. This peak was probably related to dilution of the organie pollution in the rainy season, improving the environmental conditions for the Pleeoptera.

Pleeoptera; nymphs; Central Brazil; abiotie factors; seasonality

Stonefly (Plecoptera) fauna of streams in a mountainous area of Central Brazil: abiotic factors and nymph density

Pitágoras da Conceição Bispo^I; Cláudio Gilberto Froehlich^I; Leandro Gonçalves Oliveira^II

^IDepartamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, 14040-901 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil. E-mail: pitbispo@usp.br and cgfroeh@usp.br

^IIDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás. Campus Samambaia, Caixa Postal 131, 74001-970 Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil. E-mail: lego@icb1.ufg.br

ABSTRACT

The stonefly (Pleeoptera) nymphs of streams of the Almas River basin, Pirenópolis, Goiás State, Central Brazil, and some abiotie factors that might affect their temporal distribution were studied. Nymphs were sampled monthly (June 1993 to July 1994) in five stations with a Surber sampler, and each sample consisted of 20 units totalling 2 m². In each station, stream velocity, discharge, temperature, electrical conductivity and pH were measured in order to assess their influence on the density of nymphs. Nymphs were identified to genus level. In general, the annual variation in density of nymphs, in four stations, showed that the seasonal variation was not clearly influenced by the annual rain cycle. In the case of the one of the stations, where numbers of stonefly nymphs were low and the anthropic action high, there was a density peak in the rainy season. This peak was probably related to dilution of the organie pollution in the rainy season, improving the environmental conditions for the Pleeoptera.

Key Words: Pleeoptera, nymphs, Central Brazil, abiotie factors, seasonality

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. To FUNAPE-UFG. for financial support during field work; to CAPES and to FAPESP (proc. 98/11074-3) for scholarships to the first author; to CNPq for a research fellowship to the second (301247/96-0) and third (300833/98-9) authors.

Received in 23.III.2001;accepted in 05.VII.2002.

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BENEDETTO, L. 1974. Clave para la determinacion de los plecapteros Sudamericanos. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 9: 141-170
BISPO, P.C.; C.G. FROEHLICH & L.G. OLIVEIRA. 2002. Spatial distributian of Plecoptera nymphs in streams of a mountainous area of central Brazil. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 62 (in press).
BOON, P.J.; B.P. JUPP & D.G. LEE. 1986. The benthic ecology of rivers in the Blue Mountains (Jamaica) prior to construction of a water regulation scheme. Arch. Hydrobiologie/Suppl. 74: 315-355.
DINIZ-FILHO, J.A.F.; L.G. OLIVEIRA & M.M. SILVA. 1998. Explaining the beta diversity of aquatic insects in "cerrado" streams from Central Brazil using multiple Mantel Test. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 58 (2): 223-231.
FLECKER, A.S. & B. FEIFAREK. 1994. Disturbance and temporal variability of invertebrate assemblages in two Andean streams. Freshw. Biol. 31: 131-142.
FROEHLICH, C.G. 1969. Studies on Brazilian Plecoptera 1. Some Gripopterygidae from the Biological Station at Paranapiacaba, State of São Paulo. Beitr. Neotrop. Fauna 6 (1): 17-39.
_____. 1984. Brazilian Plecoptera 4. Nymphs of perlid genera from southeastem Brazil. Annals Limnol. 20 (1-2): 43-48.
_____. 1990. Brazilian Plecoptera 6. Gripopteryx from Campos do Jordão, State of São Paulo (Gripopterygidae). Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 25 (4): 235-247.
_____. 1994. Brazilian Plecoptera 8. On Paragripopteryx (Gripopterygidae). Aquatic Insects 16 (3): 1-13.
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GILLER, P.S. & B. MALMQVIST. 1998. The Biology of Streams and Rivers. Oxford, University Press, VIII+296p.
GUAHYBA, R.R. 1988. Contribuição ao estudo das formas imaturas da ordem Trichoptera Kirby, 1813, da Represa dos Ciganos, RJ (lnsecta). Acta Limnol. Brasil. 2: 751-769.
HARPER, P.P. & H.B.N. HYNES. 1970. Diapause in the nymphs of Canadian winter stoneflies. Ecology 51: 925-927.
HARPER, P.P.; M. LAUZON & F. HARPER. 1991. Life cycles of 12 species of winter stoneflies from Québec (Plecoptera; Capniidae and Taeniopterygidae). Can. Jour. Zool. 69: 787-796.
HARPER, P.P.; L. LESAGE & M. LAUZON. 1993. The life cycle of Podmosta macdunnoughi (Ricker) in the Lower Laurentians, Québec (Plecoptera: Nemouridae), with a discussion on embryonic diapause. Can. Jour. Zool. 71: 2136-2139.
HYNES, H.B.N. 1970. The Ecology of Running Waters. Liverpool, University Press, XXIV+555p.
_____. 1976. Biology of Plecoptera. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 21: 135-153.
LIND, O. T. 1979. Handbook of Common Methods in Limnology. The C.V. Mosby Company, 199p.
LUDWIG, J.A & J.F. REYNOLDS. 1988. Statistical Ecology. A primer on methods and computing. New York, John Wiley & Sons, XVIII+337p.
McCAFFERTY, W.P. 1981. Aquatic Entomology: The Fishermen's and Ecologist's Ilustrated Guide to Insects and Their Relatives. London, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, XVI+448p.
MERRITT, R.W. & K.W. CUMMINS. 1996. An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publ. Company, 3^rd Edition, XIII+862p.
NIMER, E. 1989. Climatologia do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, IBGE, 421p.
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_____. 1997. The Trichoptera (lnsecta) fauna of a "cerrado" stream in Southeastern Brazil. Naturalia 22: 183-197.
OLIVEIRA, L.G.; P.C. BISPO & N.C. SÁ. 1997. Ecologia de comunidades de insetos bentônicos (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera e Trichoptera), em córregos do Parque Ecológico de Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil. Revta bras. Zool. 14 (4): 876-876.
ROSENBERG, D.M. & V.H. RESH. 1993. Freshwater Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates. London, Chapman & Hall, IX+488p.
ROSSER, Z.C & R.G. PEARSON. 1995. Responses of rock to physical disturbance in two Australian tropical rainforest streams. Jour. N. Amer. Benthol. Soc. 14 (1): 183-196.
STRAHLER, H.N. 1957. Quantitative analysis of watershed geomorphology. Amer. Geophys. Unio Trans. 33: 913-920.
TRIVINHO-STRIXINO, S. & G. STRIXINO. 1993. Estrutura de comunidades de insetos aquáticos associados à Pontederia lanceolata Nuttal. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 53 (1): 103-111
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WIELGOSZ, S.; G. ZOLTOWSKI & B. KUKLINSKA. 1982. The effect of organic sewage on the lithon zoocenosis in the Lyna River. Ekol. Polska 30: 187-203.

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[6] FLECKER, A.S. & B. FEIFAREK. 1994. Disturbance and temporal variability of invertebrate assemblages in two Andean streams. Freshw. Biol. 31: 131-142.

[7] FROEHLICH, C.G. 1969. Studies on Brazilian Plecoptera 1. Some Gripopterygidae from the Biological Station at Paranapiacaba, State of São Paulo. Beitr. Neotrop. Fauna 6 (1): 17-39.

[8] _____. 1984. Brazilian Plecoptera 4. Nymphs of perlid genera from southeastem Brazil. Annals Limnol. 20 (1-2): 43-48.

[9] _____. 1990. Brazilian Plecoptera 6. Gripopteryx from Campos do Jordão, State of São Paulo (Gripopterygidae). Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 25 (4): 235-247.

[10] _____. 1994. Brazilian Plecoptera 8. On Paragripopteryx (Gripopterygidae). Aquatic Insects 16 (3): 1-13.

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[12] GILLER, P.S. & B. MALMQVIST. 1998. The Biology of Streams and Rivers. Oxford, University Press, VIII+296p.

[13] GUAHYBA, R.R. 1988. Contribuição ao estudo das formas imaturas da ordem Trichoptera Kirby, 1813, da Represa dos Ciganos, RJ (lnsecta). Acta Limnol. Brasil. 2: 751-769.

[14] HARPER, P.P. & H.B.N. HYNES. 1970. Diapause in the nymphs of Canadian winter stoneflies. Ecology 51: 925-927.

[15] HARPER, P.P.; M. LAUZON & F. HARPER. 1991. Life cycles of 12 species of winter stoneflies from Québec (Plecoptera; Capniidae and Taeniopterygidae). Can. Jour. Zool. 69: 787-796.

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[17] HYNES, H.B.N. 1970. The Ecology of Running Waters. Liverpool, University Press, XXIV+555p.

[18] _____. 1976. Biology of Plecoptera. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 21: 135-153.

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[20] LUDWIG, J.A & J.F. REYNOLDS. 1988. Statistical Ecology. A primer on methods and computing. New York, John Wiley & Sons, XVIII+337p.

[21] McCAFFERTY, W.P. 1981. Aquatic Entomology: The Fishermen's and Ecologist's Ilustrated Guide to Insects and Their Relatives. London, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, XVI+448p.

[22] MERRITT, R.W. & K.W. CUMMINS. 1996. An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publ. Company, 3^rd Edition, XIII+862p.

[23] NIMER, E. 1989. Climatologia do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, IBGE, 421p.

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[27] ROSENBERG, D.M. & V.H. RESH. 1993. Freshwater Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates. London, Chapman & Hall, IX+488p.

[28] ROSSER, Z.C & R.G. PEARSON. 1995. Responses of rock to physical disturbance in two Australian tropical rainforest streams. Jour. N. Amer. Benthol. Soc. 14 (1): 183-196.

[29] STRAHLER, H.N. 1957. Quantitative analysis of watershed geomorphology. Amer. Geophys. Unio Trans. 33: 913-920.

[30] TRIVINHO-STRIXINO, S. & G. STRIXINO. 1993. Estrutura de comunidades de insetos aquáticos associados à Pontederia lanceolata Nuttal. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 53 (1): 103-111

[31] UIEDA, V. S. & I. C. S. M. GAJARDO. 1996. Macroinvertebrados perifíticos encontrados em poções e corredeiras de um riacho. Naturalia 21: 31-47.

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