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Bat species composition associated with restinga lagoons from the Paulo César Vinha State Park, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Abstract

Restingas are coastal ecosystems associated with the Atlantic Forest. They are threatened by habitat degradation and forest fragmentation due to intense human occupation. Many restingas have coastal lagoons formed by bay sedimentation of bays, the presence of river estuaries, or emerging groundwater. The distance between lagoons and the ocean influences the biotic community in them. This study aimed to compare the diversity (composition, abundance and richness) of bat communities associated with three lagoons within the Paulo Cesar Vinha State Park, Espírito Santo state. Two lagoons (‘Feia’ and ‘Vermelha’ lagoons) are 2 km away from the ocean, while the third (‘Caraís’ lagoon) is just a few meters distant from the ocean. Species composition did not differ among the lagoons. Abundance of Carollia perspicillata and Glossophaga soricina was higher in the ‘Caraís’ lagoon. Abundance of Artibeus lituratus and Platyrrhinus lineatus was higher in the ‘Vermelha’ lagoon. Species with higher abundance in the ‘Vermelha’ are usually associated with urban and disturbed environments. ‘Vermelha’ lagoon is closer to human settlements and this could be a major driver of bat species abundance associated with this lagoon instead of distance from the ocean. These results may be used to guide conservations efforts in the restingas or habitats associated with restingas.

Keywords.
Atlantic Forest; Chiroptera; Community; PEPCV; Riparian vegetation

INTRODUCTION

Restingas are coastal ecosystems associated with the Atlantic Forest. They are threatened by habitat degradation and forest fragmentation due to intense human occupation (Esteves & Lacerda, 2000Esteves, F.A. & Lacerda, L.D. 2000. Restinga Brasileira: 15 anos de estudos. In: Ecologia de restingas e lagoas costeiras. UPEM/UFRJ, Macaé.). Many restingas have coastal brackish water lagoons formed by the sedimentation of bays, river estuaries or emerging groundwater (Esteves, 1998Esteves, F.A. 1998. Lagoas costeiras: origem, funcionamento e possibilidades de manejo. In: Esteves, F.A. (Ed.). Ecologia das lagoas costeiras do Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba e do Município de Macaé (RJ). Rio de janeiro, NUPEM-UFRJ. p. 63-87.). They are characterized by a sand barrier separating them from the sea (Esteves, 1998Esteves, F.A. 1998. Lagoas costeiras: origem, funcionamento e possibilidades de manejo. In: Esteves, F.A. (Ed.). Ecologia das lagoas costeiras do Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba e do Município de Macaé (RJ). Rio de janeiro, NUPEM-UFRJ. p. 63-87.). Surrounding the coastal lagoons and connecting the terrestrial and aquatic environments is the riparian zone, with great biodiversity and accumulation of organic matter (Gregory et al., 1991Gregory, S.V.; Frederick, J.S.; Arthur, M.W. & Cummins, K.W. 1991. An ecosystem perspective of riparian zones. BioScience, 41(8): 540-51. http://doi.org/10.2307/1311607
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). Organic matter increases local productivity, allowing the formation of vegetation patches surrounded by xeromorphic vegetation, the latter characteristic of restinga (Enrich-Prast et al., 2004Enrich-Prast, A.; Bozelli, R.L.; Esteves, F.A. & Meirelles, F.P. 2004. Lagoas costeiras da Restinga de Jurubatiba: Descrição de suas variáveis limnológicas . In: Rocha, C.F.D.; Esteves, F.A. & Scarano, F.R. (Eds.). Pesquisas de longa duração na Restinga de Jurubatiba - Ecologia, história natural e conservação RiMA. São Carlos, SP, RiMa Editon. p. 245-253.). These patches are important for food and shelter for many animal species, such as bats (see Kunz & Kurta, 1988Kunz, T.H. & Kurta, A. 1988. Capture methods and holding devices. In: Kunz, T.H. (Ed.). Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 1-29.), as the other parts of the restinga are dominated by herbaceous and shrub vegetation (Martins, 1989Martins, F.R. 1989. Fitossociologia de florestas no Brasil: um histórico bibliográfico. Pesquisas - Série Botânica, São Leopoldo, 40: 103-164.; Menezes & Araújo, 1999Menezes, L.F.T. & Araújo, D.S.D. 1999. Estrutura de duas formações vegetais no cordão externo da Restinga da Marambaia, RJ. Acta Botânica Brasílica, 13(2): 223-235. http://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-33061999000200009
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Vegetation clutter is one of the most important vegetational trait affecting bat biodiversity (Macient et al., 2015Macient, R.; Bobrowiec, P.E.D. & Magnusson, W.E. 2015. Ground-Vegetation Clutter Affects Phyllostomid Bat Assemblage Structure in Lowland Amazonian Forest. PlosOne, 10(6): 1-16. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129560
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). Neotropical bats have the most diversified feeding guilds among mammals (Kalko et al., 1996Kalko, E.K.V.; Handley, C. & Handley, D. 1996. Organization, diversity, and long term dynamics of a Neotropical bat community. In: Cody, M. & Smallwood, J. (Eds.). Long Term studies in vertebrates communities. Los Angeles, Academic Press. p. 503-553.) and are important for pollination and seed dispersal (Fleming, 1988Fleming, T.H. 1988. The Short-Tailed Fruit Bat: A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. p. 380; Patterson et al., 2003Patterson, B.D.; Willig, M.R. & Stevens, R.D. 2003. Trophic strategies, niche partitioning, and patterns of ecological organization. In: Kunz, T.H. & Fenton, M.B. Batecology. University of Chicago Press. p. 536-557.). In restingas, there is a lack of even the most basic biological data, such as species composition and conservation status of their remnants (Rocha et al., 2005Rocha, C.F.D.; Van Sluys, M.; Bergallo, H.G. & Alves, M.A.S. 2005. Endemic and threatened tetrapods in the restingas of the biodiversity corridors of Serra do Mar and of the central da Mata Atlântica in Eastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 65(1): 159-168. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842005000100019
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The composition of the bat communities and the structure of the assemblies are related mainly to the diversity of the vegetation and the structural variables of the environment (Hayes & Gruver, 2000Hayes, J.P. & Gruver, J.C. 2000. Vertical stratification ol bat activity in an old-growth forest in western vertical stratification ol bat activity in an old-growth forest in western Washington. Northwest Science, 74(2): 102-108. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/2376/1060.
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). Although natural and continuous forests are important for greater bat diversity and abundance (Meyer et al., 2016Meyer, C.F.J.; Struebig, M. & Willig, M.R. 2016. Responses of Tropical Bats to Habitat Fragmentation, Logging, and Deforestation. In: Voigt, C.C. & Kingston, T. (Eds.). Bats in the anthropocene: conservation of bats in a changing. Lisboa, Springer. p. 63-102.; Rocha et al., 2017aRocha, R.; Ferreira, D.F.; López-Baucells, A.; Farneda, F.Z.; Carreiras, J.M.B.; Palmeirim, J.M. & Meyer, C.F.J. 2017a. Does sex matter? Gender-specific responses to forest fragmentation in Neotropical bats. Biotropica, 49(6): 881-890. http://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12474
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), each species has a difference response to habitat degradation. While some are apparently unaffected, less tolerant species tend to shrink in numbers and more tolerant species to grow (Willig et al., 2007Willig, M.R.; Presley, S.J.; Bloch, C.P.; Hice, C.L.; Yanoviak, S.P.; Díaz, M.M.; Chauca, L.A.; Pacheco, V. & Weaver, S.C. 2007. Phyllostomid Bats of Lowland Amazonia: Effects of Habitat Alteration on Abundance. Biotropica, 39(6): 737-746. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00322.x
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In southeastern Brazil, the Brazilian region with most data on bat distribution, knowledge on bat distribution is biased toward rainforests and restingas remain undersampled and under protected (Bergallo et al., 2003Bergallo, H.G.; Esberard, C.E.L.; Mello, M.A.R.; Lins, V.; Mangolin, R.; Melo, G.G.S. & Baptista, M. 2003. Bat Species Richness in Atlantic Forest: What Is the Minimum Sampling Effort? Biotropica, 35(2): 278-288. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00286.x
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). It has been proposed that a minimum sampling effort of 1,000 captures is necessary to adequately sample bats in Atlantic Forest sites, such as restingas (Bergallo et al., 2003Bergallo, H.G.; Esberard, C.E.L.; Mello, M.A.R.; Lins, V.; Mangolin, R.; Melo, G.G.S. & Baptista, M. 2003. Bat Species Richness in Atlantic Forest: What Is the Minimum Sampling Effort? Biotropica, 35(2): 278-288. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00286.x
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). Unfortunately not a single restinga site has achieved this minimum level of sampling effort, and therefore we do not have even the most basic biological information (species richness and composition) for restingas from Brazil.

This study aimed to assess the richness and composition of Chiroptera communities in the coastal lagoons from the Paulo Cesar Vinha State Park (PEPCV), State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. There are three lagoons in the PEPCV, a large one, Caraís lagoon, close to the ocean and two smaller ones, ‘Feia’ (meaning ugly in Portuguese) and Vermelha (meaning red), ca. 2 km from the ocean. Our initial assumption is that the ‘Feia’ and ‘Vermelha’ lagoons, that have similar distance from ocean, have a similar bat species composition compared to the ‘Caraís’ lagoon. This is expected because distance from ocean is a predictor for local conditions and vegetation clutter surrounding lagoons (Caumette, 1992Caumette, P. 1992. Bacterial communities in coastal lagoons. An overview. Vie Milieu, 42(2): 111-123. Available: http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=4413535.
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).

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The Paulo Cesar Vinha State Park (PEPCV) was created by the State Decree No. 2993/90, being one of the last sandbanks in the coastline of the state of Espírito Santo (Rocha et al., 2005Rocha, C.F.D.; Van Sluys, M.; Bergallo, H.G. & Alves, M.A.S. 2005. Endemic and threatened tetrapods in the restingas of the biodiversity corridors of Serra do Mar and of the central da Mata Atlântica in Eastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 65(1): 159-168. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842005000100019
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). The PEPCV is in the Guarapari municipality, southern coast of Espírito Santo (20°32′02″ to 20°37′50″S and 40o22′43″ to 40°25′59″W) (Fig. 1) (IPEMA, 2005Instituto de Permacultura e Ecovilas da Mata Atlântica (IPEMA). 2005. Conservação da Mata Atlântica no Estaddo do Espiríto Santo: Cobertura florestal e unidades de conservação (Programa Centro para Conservação da Biodiversidade - Conservação Internacional do Brasil). Vitória, Conservação Internacional do Brasil & IPEMA. p. 112.). According to the Köppen classification, the PEPCV has a tropical climate with wet summers and dry winters (Aw), average annual temperature is 23. 3 °C, and the average annual rainfall is 1,307 mm (Fabris & César, 1996Fabris, L.C. & César O. 1996. Estudos florísticos em uma mata litorânea no sul do estado do Espírito Santo. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão (Nova série), 5: 15-46.). The soil in the PEPCV is sandy (Pereira, 1990Pereira, O.J. 1990. Caracterização fito fisionômica da restinga de Setiba - Guarapari, ES . In: Watanabe, S. (Ed.). Simpósio de Ecossistemas da Costa Sul e Sudeste Brasileira, 2º. Anais. São Paulo, ACIESP. v. 3, p. 207-219.; Fabris & César, 1996Fabris, L.C. & César O. 1996. Estudos florísticos em uma mata litorânea no sul do estado do Espírito Santo. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão (Nova série), 5: 15-46.), originated by marine deposits due to a change in the ocean level in the Holocene (Flexor et al., 1984Flexor, J.M.; Martin, L.; Suguio, K. & Dominguez, J.M.L. 1984. Gênese dos cordões arenosos da parte central da costa brasileira . In: Lacerda, L.D. (Ed.). Restingas: Origem, Estrutura e Processos. Niteroi, CEUFF. p. 327-342.).

Figure 1
Location of the Paulo Cesar Vinha State Park - PEPCV within Brazil, State of Espírito Santo and Guarapari. Latter A and B are the Sampled point one (P1) and two (P2), letter C and D are Feia and Vermelha lagoon, respectively.

It has 12 km of beaches, several typical formations of restinga and three lagoons: (i) Caraís, separated from the ocean by a narrow strip of sand, (ii) Feia and (iii) Vermelha are separated from the ocean by a sand strip of about 2 km, they are not connected to the ocean and the vegetation is less dense than in the ‘Carais’ (IPEMA, 2005Instituto de Permacultura e Ecovilas da Mata Atlântica (IPEMA). 2005. Conservação da Mata Atlântica no Estaddo do Espiríto Santo: Cobertura florestal e unidades de conservação (Programa Centro para Conservação da Biodiversidade - Conservação Internacional do Brasil). Vitória, Conservação Internacional do Brasil & IPEMA. p. 112.). Lake areas have high humidity and the vegetation constitutes of an herbaceous bog, Cyperaceae family (e.g., Sclearia latifolia, Cyperus articulatus, Eleocharis interstincta;Martins et al., 1999Martins, M.L.L.; Carvalho-Okano, R.M. & Luceño, M. 1999. Cyperaceae do Parque Estadual Paulo César Vinha, Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brasil. Acta botânica Brasilica, 13(2): 187-222.). Caraís has mangroves on one of its banks and is the only one among the three lagoons permanently connected to the sea (IPEMA, 2005Instituto de Permacultura e Ecovilas da Mata Atlântica (IPEMA). 2005. Conservação da Mata Atlântica no Estaddo do Espiríto Santo: Cobertura florestal e unidades de conservação (Programa Centro para Conservação da Biodiversidade - Conservação Internacional do Brasil). Vitória, Conservação Internacional do Brasil & IPEMA. p. 112.; Oprea et al., 2009aOprea, M.; Esberard, C.E.L.; Vieira, T.B.; Mendes, P.; Pimenta, V.T.; Brito, D. & Ditchfield, A.D. 2009a. Bat community species richness and composition in a restinga protected area in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 69: 1073-1079. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842009000500010
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) and the surroundings of this lagoon are occupied by a high density of Bombacacia sp. (Bombacaceae). During the wet season, the ‘Caraís’ lagoon occasionally present a connection to the ocean due to the higher water volume, favoring the development of a mangrove forest in one of its margins (IPEMA, 2005Instituto de Permacultura e Ecovilas da Mata Atlântica (IPEMA). 2005. Conservação da Mata Atlântica no Estaddo do Espiríto Santo: Cobertura florestal e unidades de conservação (Programa Centro para Conservação da Biodiversidade - Conservação Internacional do Brasil). Vitória, Conservação Internacional do Brasil & IPEMA. p. 112.). Bat sampling was performed every two weeks, twice per month, for two consecutive days in different places, totaling 39 nights (Carais lagoon = 14; Feia lagoon = 13 and Lago Vermelha lagoon = 12), from September 2006 to August 2007, using 10 mist nets (six nets of 9.0 × 2.5 m and four nets of 6.0 × 2.5 m) per night. Nets remained open for six hours after sunset and were checked every 30 minutes. They were placed around the three lagoons sampled in PEPCV, one lagoon per night of sampling. Due to its larger size, the ‘Caraís’ lagoon was divided into two (P1 and P2) sampling sites with five mist nets at each sampling point, this procedure was adopted to ensure the same sampling effort in each lagoon. Mist nets were always placed in different positions from previous nights, decreasing the probability of bat avoidance (Kalko et al., 1996Kalko, E.K.V.; Handley, C. & Handley, D. 1996. Organization, diversity, and long term dynamics of a Neotropical bat community. In: Cody, M. & Smallwood, J. (Eds.). Long Term studies in vertebrates communities. Los Angeles, Academic Press. p. 503-553.). Captured animals were kept in cotton bags while their weight and forearm measurements were obtained. Bats were identified to the lowest taxonomic level, using the specific literature (e.g.,Gardner, 2008Gardner, A.L. 2008. Mammals of South America , Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. New York, Chicago Press. 669p.) and two individuals from each species, one male and one female, were collected, conserved in 70% ethanol, and deposited at the mammal collection at Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES-MAM), Brazil. The sampling procedures were carried out with authorization № 57294-2 issued by the Biodiversity Information and Authorization System (SISBIO). The collections were carried out in 2004, before the regulation of Law 11,794, of October 8, 2008, therefore, it does not present the authorization document of the Commission for Experimentation and Use of Animals (CEUA).

A total of 80% of the captured individuals (n = 340) were tagged with numbered plastic collars (Esbérard & Daemon, 1999Esbérard, C.E.L. & Daemon C. 1999. Novo método para marcação de morcegos. Chiroptera Neotropical, 5(1-2): 116-117.) and released at the place of capture. The food guild was classified following Kalko et al., (1996Kalko, E.K.V.; Handley, C. & Handley, D. 1996. Organization, diversity, and long term dynamics of a Neotropical bat community. In: Cody, M. & Smallwood, J. (Eds.). Long Term studies in vertebrates communities. Los Angeles, Academic Press. p. 503-553.). Sampling effort was calculated following Straube & Bianconi (2002Straube, F.C. & Bianconi, G.V. 2002. Sobre a grandeza e a unidade utilizada para estimar esforço de captura com utilização de redes-de-neblina. Chiroptera Neotropical, 8(1-2): 150-152. Available: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Sobre-a-grandeza-e-a-unidade-utilizada-para-estimar-Straube-Bianconi/7b4901065b386431acc2d21b66d6822b2eeafb2e.
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), and estimated richness was calculated using the first order Jackknife estimator (Heltshe & Forrester, 1983Heltshe, J. & Forrester, N.E. 1983. Estimating species richness using the jackknife procedure. Biometrics, 39: 1-11.) with 1,000 randomizations. Estimated and observed species richness was compared using the 95% confidence intervals. Species richness in the three lagoons was compared using the intersection among confidence intervals of estimated species richness. For comparing the chiropteran composition among the three PEPCV lagoons, three procedures were adopted: (i) a principal component analysis (PCA), with the abundance matrix transformed by the Hellinger procedure (Legendre & Gallagher, 2001Legendre, P. & Gallagher, E.D. 2001. Ecologically meaningful transformations for ordination of species data. Oecologia, 129: 271-280. http://doi.org/10.1007/s004420100716
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), (ii) a non-parametric multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA; Anderson, 2001Anderson, M.J. 2001. A new method for non-parametric multivariate analysis of variance. Austral Ecology, 26: 32-46. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2001.01070.pp.x
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), and (iii) a nonparametric multivariate variance analysis (Betadisper; Anderson, 2006Anderson, M.J. 2006. Distance-based tests for homogeneity of multivariate dispersions. Biometrics, 62(1): 245-253. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.00440.x
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) both analysis were performed using the Bray Curtis distance as a measurement of dissimilarity. A PCA was performed to visualize the distance among species in the community and the lagoons. However, it does not test the significance of the patterns and for this reason, we performed a PERMANOVA to look for a possible clustering pattern in the bat composition. Finally, to test the variance in bat composition in each lagoon, we performed a Betadisper analysis.

RESULTS

Bats of 12 species were captured in PEPCV (Table 1), totaling 395 captures and 22 recaptures, with a sampling effort of 49,200 h.m² of mist nets. The majority of individuals belong to the Phyllostomidae family (98.8%). Sampling completeness was not reached as the species estimator curve did not stabilize (Fig. 2). This is evident when we compare the observed richness to the final estimated richness, as their confidence intervals do not overlap (Fig. 2).

Figure 2
Observed and estimated bat species richness in the Paulo Cesar Vinha State Park - PEPCV, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Vertical bars represent 95% confidence intervals.

Table 1
Bat composition sampled in the Paulo Cesar Vinha State Park, Espírito Santo State, Brazil, from September 2006 to August 2007.

Artibeus lituratus (Olfers 1818) was the most common species in the three lagoons., Among the 232 individuals captured, 52 (22%) were in Caraís lagoon, 85 (37%) in Feia lagoon and 95 (41%) in Vermelha lagoon. Another common species was Carollia persipicillata, second most abundant in the lagoons (23% of the total captures), inferior only to Plathyrrinus lineatus (n = 12 individuals) in the Feia lagoon. However, some species were unique, such as Anoura geoffroyi (n = 2 individuals) in Caraís lagoon, Pygoderma bilabiatum (n = 1) in Feia lagoon, Lasiurus blossevillii (n = 1), Phyllostomus discolor (n = 2) in the red lagoon (Fig. 2). As for the trophic guild, we observed that frugivores are the most abundant in the three lagoons (Table 1). When individually analyzed, the species richness estimator for each of the three PEPCV lagoons also did not indicate a stabilization (Fig. 3). We sampled seven bat species at the Caraís lagoon, nine at the ‘Feia’, and ten at the Vermelha lagoon. Estimated species richness was nine, ten and twelve species, respectively. Observed species richness did not differ among the sampled lagoons. However, estimated richness was higher for the Vermelha lagoon (Fig. 3).

Figure 3
Observed and estimated bat species richness in the tree lagoons sampled in the Paulo Cesar Vinha State Park - PEPCV, Espírito Santo, Brazil. (A) ‘Caraís’ lagoon, (B) ‘Feia’ lagoon, (C) ‘Vermelha’ lagoon, and (D) Final observed and estimated species richness. Vertical bars represent 95% confidence intervals.

We did not observe a cluster pattern in the bat community among the three lagoons [(PERMANOVA - (F(37,2) = 0. 852; p = 0. 659)] and in the variance of the composition (Betadisper - (F(37,2) = 0. 648, p = 0. 529)) (Fig. 4). The abundance of Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus 1758) and Glossophaga soricina (Pallas 1766) was larger at ‘Caraís’ lagoon. ‘Vermelha’ and ‘Feia’ lagoons had higher abundance of Artibeus lituratus and Platyrrhinus lineatus (É. Geoffroy 1810) (Fig. 4).

Figure 4
Principal Component Analyses of the bat composition in the Paulo Cesar Vinha State Park - PEPCV, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Ordination was performed by species abundance and the matrix was transformed by Hellinger procedure.

DISCUSSION

The higher abundance of Phyllostomidae species compared to other families can be explained by the use of mist nets as our sampling method. Mist nets captures are biased towards bats that use the lower stratum of vegetation, behavior observed in Phyllostomidae (Oprea et al., 2009aOprea, M.; Esberard, C.E.L.; Vieira, T.B.; Mendes, P.; Pimenta, V.T.; Brito, D. & Ditchfield, A.D. 2009a. Bat community species richness and composition in a restinga protected area in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 69: 1073-1079. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842009000500010
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). Some of the frugivorous bats sampled in this study prefer plants usually found in degraded sites, such as Solanaceae, Piperaceae and Cecropiaceae, (Marinho-Filho, 1991Marinho-Filho, J.S. 1991. The coexistence of two frugivorous bat species and the phenology of their food plants in Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology, Cambridge, 7: 59-67. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467400005083
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). Therefore, the high abundance of Phyllostomidae can be associated to different deforestation indeces, including forested areas with little fragmentation and large deforested areas with few and small patches of forest (Gorresen & Willig, 2004Gorresen, P.M. & Willig, M.R. 2004. Landscape responses of Bats to habitat fragmentation in Atlantic Forest of Paraguay. Journal of Mammalogy, 85(4): 688-697. http://doi.org/10.1644/BWG-125
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). Frugivores were the most common bat guild in the study, which may also be a result from the use of mist nets to capture bats, as they capture predominantly frugivorous species (Kalko et al., 1996Kalko, E.K.V.; Handley, C. & Handley, D. 1996. Organization, diversity, and long term dynamics of a Neotropical bat community. In: Cody, M. & Smallwood, J. (Eds.). Long Term studies in vertebrates communities. Los Angeles, Academic Press. p. 503-553.). Stenodermatinaea is the most diverse subfamily in the Neotropical region (Gardner, 2008Gardner, A.L. 2008. Mammals of South America , Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. New York, Chicago Press. 669p.). Among the species captured, there are species usually abundant and widely distributed in the Neotropics, including Phyllostomus hastatus, Glossophaga soricina, Carollia perspicillata, Artibeus lituratus, Platyrrhinus lineatus and Myotis nigricans (e.g.,Peracchi & Albuquerque, 1971Peracchi, A.L. & Albuquerque, S.T. 1971. Lista provisória dos Chiropteros dos Estados do Rio de Janeiro e Guanabara (Chiroptera; Mammalia). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 31: 405-413. Available: https://www.icmbio.gov.br/parnaserradosorgaos/images/stories/Moratelli__Peracchi_2007.pdf.
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The species richness found was similar to other studies conducted in restingas, such as in the Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba, Rio de Janeiro, with 14 species, (Mangolin, 2005Mangolin, R. 2005. Quiropteros (Mammalia: quiroptera) do Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Masters dissertation, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro.), in the Restinga da Ilha de Guriri, Espirito Santo, with 9 species (Moreno et al., 2000Moreno, M.R.; Marinato, C.S.; Silve, V.J.M.; Pariz, S. & Nascimento, M.T. 2000. Morcegos da restinga da ilha de Guriri, São Mateus, Espírito Santo e a dispersão de sementes de Solanaceae e Cactaceae. In: Simpósio de Ecossistemas Brasileiros, 5º. Anais. Vitória, ACIESP. p. 31-38.), in Praia das Neves, Espírito Santo, with 17 species (Luz et al., 2011Luz, J.L.; Mangolin, R.; Esbérard, C.E.L. & Bergallo H.G. 2011. Morcegos (Chiroptera) capturados em lagoas do Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Biota Neotropica, 11(4): 161-168. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032011000400016
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), and in PEPCV with 14 species (Oprea et al., 2009aOprea, M.; Esberard, C.E.L.; Vieira, T.B.; Mendes, P.; Pimenta, V.T.; Brito, D. & Ditchfield, A.D. 2009a. Bat community species richness and composition in a restinga protected area in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 69: 1073-1079. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842009000500010
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). Desmodus rotundus, Chiroderma doriae and Chiroderma villosum were caught by Oprea et al., (2009aOprea, M.; Esberard, C.E.L.; Vieira, T.B.; Mendes, P.; Pimenta, V.T.; Brito, D. & Ditchfield, A.D. 2009a. Bat community species richness and composition in a restinga protected area in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 69: 1073-1079. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842009000500010
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) in the same park we sampled (PEPCV), but were not captured in this study. On the other hand, Lasiurus blossevillii was not captured by Oprea et al., (2009aOprea, M.; Esberard, C.E.L.; Vieira, T.B.; Mendes, P.; Pimenta, V.T.; Brito, D. & Ditchfield, A.D. 2009a. Bat community species richness and composition in a restinga protected area in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 69: 1073-1079. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842009000500010
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) but captured in this study. This species had only two records of occurrence in restinga, one collected by Ruschi (1951Ruschi, A. 1951. Morcegos do estado do Espirito Santo. Família Vespertilionidae, chave analítica para os gêneros e espécies representadas no E. Santo. Descrição de Myotis nigricans nigricans e Myotis espiritosantensis n. sp. e algumas observações a seu respeito. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Profesor Mello Leitão, 4: 1-11.) and later registered during the data collection of this work, already mentioned by Vieira et al., (2009Vieira, T.B.; Mendes, P.; Oprea, M. & Ditchfield, A.D. 2009. New record of Lasiurus blossevillii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) for the restinga ecosystem, and second occurrence for the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Mammalia, 73(2): 155-157.).

Lasiurus blossevillii is an aerial insectivore, which may justify its low sample representativeness in inventories using mist-nets (Shump-Jr. & Shump, 1982Shump-Jr., K.A. & Shump, A.U. 1982. Lasiurus borealis. Mammalian Species, 183: 1-6. http://doi.org/10.2307/3503843
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). However, it has been recorded in every region of Brazil (Tavares & Gregorin, 2008Tavares, V.C. & Gregorim, R. 2008. A diversidade de morcegos no Brasil: Lista atualizada com comentários sobre distribuição e taxonomia . In: Pacheco, S.M.; Marques, R.V. & Esbérard, C.E. (Eds.). Morcegos no Brasil: biologia, ecologia e conservação. Porto Alegre, Armazém Digital. p. 25-60.). Regardless, there is still difficulty in defining its geographic distribution, due to its low capture frequency (Rodrigues & Ribas, 2011Rodrigues, L.R.R. & Ribas, T.F.A. 2011. Novo registro de Lasiurus blossevillii Lesson & Garnot, 1826 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) na região de Santarém, oeste do Pará. Revista Brasileira de Zoociências, 13(1, 2, 3): 11-17. http://doi.org/10.34019/2596-3325.2011.v13.24527
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). All locations sampled in this study were in areas with water bodies. These environments allow for greater concentration and foraging of bats (Adams & Simmons, 2002Adams, A.R.A. & Simmons, J.A. 2002. Directionality of Drinking Passes by Bats at Water Hole there Cooperation? Acta Chiropterologica, 4(2): 195-199. http://doi.org/10.3161/001.004.0211
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), which facilitates the capture of insectivores through the mist-nets (Esbérard et al., 2007Esbérard, C.E.L.; Santos, B.S. & Faria, D. 2007. New Thyroptera tricolor Spix records in the Atlantic Forest. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 67(2): 379-380. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842007000200028
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).

A total of 15 species have been recorded at PEPCV considering the Oprea et al. (2009aOprea, M.; Esberard, C.E.L.; Vieira, T.B.; Mendes, P.; Pimenta, V.T.; Brito, D. & Ditchfield, A.D. 2009a. Bat community species richness and composition in a restinga protected area in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 69: 1073-1079. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842009000500010
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) study and the present one. This diversity makes the PEPCV one of the richest restingas in Brazil, along with the Reserva Biológica de Comboios and the Restinga de Praia das Neves, both in the Espírito Santo State. Our prediction that ‘Feia’ and ‘Vermelha’ lagoons would have a similar bat species composition compared to ‘Caraís’ lagoon due to the distance from the ocean was not corroborated. However, some differences were found related to the relative abundance of different species. The nectarivore G. soricina was more abundant in the Caraís lagoon and Anoura geoffroyi was recorded only in that locality. The high density of Bombacacia sp. (Bombacaceae) in this area would justify the presence of the two nectarivores (Fischer et al., 1992Fischer, E.A.; Jimenez, F.A. & Sazima, M. 1992. Polinização por morcegos em duas espécies de Bombacaceae na Estação Ecológica de Juréia, São Paulo. Revista Brasileira de Botânica, 15(1): 67-72.; Arias et al., 2009Arias, E.; Cadenillas, R. & Pacheco, V. 2009. Diet of nectarivorous bats from the National Park Cerros de Amotape, Tumbes. Revista Peruana de Biología, 16(2): 187-190.). Glossophaga soricina is frequent and abundant in open areas with 30 to 70% of tree cover (Ávila-Gómez et al., 2015Ávila-Gómez, E.S.; Moreno, C.E.; García-Morales, R.; Zuria, I.; Sánchez-Rojas, G. & Briones-Salas, M. 2015. Deforestation thresholds for phyllostomid bat populations in tropical landscapes in the Huasteca region, Mexico. Tropical Conservation Science, 8(3): 646-661. http://doi.org/10.1177/194008291500800305
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), but low anthropogenic disturb. This species requires landscapes with a high percentage of the original forest cover (Ávila-Gómez et al., 2015Ávila-Gómez, E.S.; Moreno, C.E.; García-Morales, R.; Zuria, I.; Sánchez-Rojas, G. & Briones-Salas, M. 2015. Deforestation thresholds for phyllostomid bat populations in tropical landscapes in the Huasteca region, Mexico. Tropical Conservation Science, 8(3): 646-661. http://doi.org/10.1177/194008291500800305
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).

We observed a higher abundance of Artibeus lituratus and Platyrrhinus lineatus in the ‘Vermelha’ Lagoon when compared to the other two lagoons. The ‘Vermelha’ lagoon is closer to human settlements when compared to the other lagoons, indicating a higher degree of disturbance in the vegetation surrounding this lagoon. Both species are common in urban environments (Oprea et al., 2007Oprea, M.; Brito, D.; Vieira, T.B.; Mendes, P.; Lopes, S.R.; Fonseca, R.M.; Coutinho, R.Z. & Ditchfield, A.D. 2007. A note on the diet and foraging behavior of Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in an urban park in southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 7(2): 297-300. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-009-9593-7
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). Extraction ofsand and wood from restingas may affect bats, altering the composition and structure of vegetation, depleting food resources, and diversity of roosts (Soriano & Ochoa, 2001Soriano, P.J. & Ochoa, J. 2001. The consequences of timber exploitation for bat communities in tropical America . In: Fimbel, R.A.; Grajal, A. & Robinson, J.G. (Eds.). The cutting edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forest Columbia. New York, University Press. p. 153-166.). The magnitude of the disturbance may manifest itself as changes in species abundances and composition (Clarke et al., 2005aClarke, F.M.; Pio, D.V. & Racey, P.A. 2005a. A comparison of logging systems and bat diversity in the Neotropics. Conservation Biology, 19(4): 1194-1204. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00170.x
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, bClarke, F.M.; Rostant, L.V. & Racey, P.A. 2005b. Life after logging: post logging recovery of a neotropical bat community. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42(2): 409-420. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01024.x
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). However, despite presenting the highest degree of human disturbance, the Vermelha Lagoon had the highest number of captures, around 46% (n = 120), including 129 A. lituratus and 32 P. lineatus. The locality also had higher expected species richness.

The presence of a higher species richness in Vermelha lagoon may be result from the presence of pioneer plants in this area (IPEMA, 2005Instituto de Permacultura e Ecovilas da Mata Atlântica (IPEMA). 2005. Conservação da Mata Atlântica no Estaddo do Espiríto Santo: Cobertura florestal e unidades de conservação (Programa Centro para Conservação da Biodiversidade - Conservação Internacional do Brasil). Vitória, Conservação Internacional do Brasil & IPEMA. p. 112.; Martins et al., 1999Martins, M.L.L.; Carvalho-Okano, R.M. & Luceño, M. 1999. Cyperaceae do Parque Estadual Paulo César Vinha, Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brasil. Acta botânica Brasilica, 13(2): 187-222.), like Cecropia (Urticaceae), Piper and Solanum that are commonly consumed by some species of frugivorous bats. In general, many frugivores and nectarivores exploit food resources provided by pioneer and successional plants (Fleming, 1988Fleming, T.H. 1988. The Short-Tailed Fruit Bat: A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. p. 380; Gorchov et al., 1993Gorchov, D.L.; Cornejo, F.; Ascorra, C. & Jamarillo, M. 1993. The role of seed dispersal in the natural regeneration of rain forest after strip-cutting in the Peruvian Amazon. Vegetation, 107(108): 339-349. http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00052233
http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00052233...
; Soriano & Ochoa, 2001Soriano, P.J. & Ochoa, J. 2001. The consequences of timber exploitation for bat communities in tropical America . In: Fimbel, R.A.; Grajal, A. & Robinson, J.G. (Eds.). The cutting edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forest Columbia. New York, University Press. p. 153-166.). The fruit production of primary forest is less seasonal than secondary species (Opler et al., 1980Opler, P.A.; Frankie, G.W. & Baker, H.G. 1980. Comparative Phenological Studies of Treelet and Shrub Species in Tropical Wet and Dry Forests in the Lowlands of Costa Rica. The Journal of Ecology, 68(1): 167. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032007000200033
http://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032007000...
; Levey, 1988Levey, D.J. 1988. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Costa Rican Fruit and Fruit-Eating Bird Abundance. Ecological Monographs, 58(4): 251-269. http://doi.org/10.1007/s004420100716
http://doi.org/10.1007/s004420100716...
). For these reasons, moderate levels of deforestation increase spatial diversity and enhance abundances of early successional plants. Consequently, moderate or recently deforestation may increase food availability for frugivorous bat species that exploit disturbance-adapted plant species (Gorresen & Willig, 2004Gorresen, P.M. & Willig, M.R. 2004. Landscape responses of Bats to habitat fragmentation in Atlantic Forest of Paraguay. Journal of Mammalogy, 85(4): 688-697. http://doi.org/10.1644/BWG-125
http://doi.org/10.1644/BWG-125...
).

Here, we observed that the three lagoons have similar bat composition. However, Caraís lagoon has species that are indicators of undisturbed or lowly disturbed sites (C. perspicillata and G. soricina). On the other hand, Vermelha lagoon has species that are correlated to disturbed areas (A. lituratus), and the Feia lagoon may be intermediate in terms of disturbance, with intermediate abundance of C. perspicillata, G. soricina and A. lituratus. These results may be used to lead conservation efforts or guide new researches in the PEPCV or in the restingas and their associated.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. We thank the State Environmental Institute of Espírito Santo for the collection authorization and the park staff for the accommodation.

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APPENDIX

Family Subfamily Specie Code Location Phyllostomidae Carolliinae Carollia perspicillata TV 28 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Carolliinae Carollia perspicillata TV 34 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Carolliinae Carollia perspicillata TV 71 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Glossophaginae Anoura geofroyii TV 78 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Glossophaginae Glossophaga soricina TV 26 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Glossophaginae Glossophaga soricina TV 35 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Glossophaginae Glossophaga soricina TV 38 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Glossophaginae Glossophaga soricina TV 56 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Phyllostominae Phyllostomus discolor TV 64 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Phyllostominae Phyllostomus hastatus TV 31 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 25 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 27 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 32 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 33 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 37 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 39 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 40 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 41 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 49 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 50 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 51 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 54 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 62 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Artibeus lituratus TV 63 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Dermanura cinerea TV 29 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Dermanura cinerea TV 36 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Dermanura cinerea TV 48 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Dermanura cinerea TV 55 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Pigoderma bilabiatum TV 61 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Uroderma magnirostrum TV 70 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Phyllostomidae Stenodermatinae Uroderma magnirostrum TV 72 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Vespertilionidae Lasiurus blossevillii TV 53 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Vespertilionidae Myotis nigricans TV 42 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Vespertilionidae Myotis nigricans TV 47 Laboratório de Estudos de Quirópteros (LABEQ) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES)

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Edited by: Luís Fábio Silveira

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    14 May 2021
  • Date of issue
    2021

History

  • Received
    07 May 2020
  • Accepted
    10 Feb 2021
  • Published
    31 Mar 2021
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