Diversidade da ictiofauna de poças de maré da praia do Cabo Branco, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil

Rosa, Ricardo S; Rosa, Ierecê L; Rocha, Luiz A

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751997000100019

Resumo

A survey of the tidal pool fish community was carried out between february/1987 and january/1988, at Cabo Branco Beach, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Specimens were collected monthly at low tide, using rotenone. A total of 3143 specimens was obtained. The most speciose families were Ophichthidae (14% of the total number of species), Mugilidae (11%) and Muraenidae (9%), and the most representative ones in number of individuais were Gobiidae (48%), Pomacentridae (13%) and Labrisomidae (10%). The main resident species were Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) and Abudefduf saxalilis (Linnaeus, 1758). The presence of a large number of juveniles in the pools indicated the importance of the studied sites as nursery áreas for several fish species.

Ichthyofauna; diversity; Paraíba; Brazil

Diversidade da ictiofauna de poças de maré da praia do Cabo Branco, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil

Diversity of the tidal pool ichthyofauna of Cabo Branco beach, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

Ricardo S. Rosa; Ierecê L. Rosa; Luiz A. Rocha

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. E-mail: cendse09@brufpb.bitnet

ABSTRACT

A survey of the tidal pool fish community was carried out between february/1987 and january/1988, at Cabo Branco Beach, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Specimens were collected monthly at low tide, using rotenone. A total of 3143 specimens was obtained. The most speciose families were Ophichthidae (14% of the total number of species), Mugilidae (11%) and Muraenidae (9%), and the most representative ones in number of individuais were Gobiidae (48%), Pomacentridae (13%) and Labrisomidae (10%). The main resident species were Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) and Abudefduf saxalilis (Linnaeus, 1758). The presence of a large number of juveniles in the pools indicated the importance of the studied sites as nursery áreas for several fish species.

Key words: Ichthyofauna, diversity, Paraíba, Brazil

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AGRADECIMENTOS. A Alba M. Almeida e Angelo J. Sales pela participação nas atividades de campo e laboratório; a Cláudia R.R. Nunes pelo apoio no laboratório e na datilografia do texto, e a Amélia I. Kanagawa pela identificação do material botânico. Somos ainda gratos a Luiz Gonzaga S. Jr., Marcelo M. Oliveira, Robson T. C. Ramos e Ruth Silva, pela ajuda eventual nas coletas.

Recebido em 25.VII.1996; aceito em 06.V.1997.

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Bakus, G.J. 1990. Quantitative Ecology and Marine Biology. Rotterdam., A.A. Balkema, 157p.
Beckley, L.E. 1985. The fish community of East Cape tidal pools and an assessment of the nursery function of this habitat. S. Afr. J. Zool. 20 (1): 21-27.
Bennett, B.A. 1986. The rock-pool fish community of Koppie Alleen, South Africa and an assesment of the importance of Cape rock pool as nurseries for juvenile fish. S. Afr. J. Zool. 22 (1): 25-32.
Bennett, B.A. & CL. Griffiths. 1984. Factors affecting the distribution, abundance and diversity of rock-pool fishes on the Cape Península, South África. S. Afr. J. Zool. 19 (2): 97-104.
Crabtree, R.E. & J.M. Dean. 1982. The structure of two South Carolina estuarine tidal pool fish assemblages. Estuaries 5(1): 2-9.
DOTY, M.S. 1957. Rocky intertidal surfaces, p. 335-385. In: J.W. Hedgpeth (Ed.). Treatise on marine ecology and paleoecology. Ecology. Boulder, The Geological Society of America, Vol. 1, VIII+1296p.
FITCH, J.E. & R.J. Lavenberg. 1975. Tidepool and nearshore fishes of Califórnia. Berkeley, University of Califórnia Press, 156p.
Horn, M.H. & R.N. GIBSON. 1988. Intertidal fishes. Sci. Amer. 258 (1): 54-60.
Kricher, J.C. 1972. Bird Species Diversity: The effect of species richness and equitability on the diversity index. Ecology 53 (2): 278-282.
Lardner, R.; W. Ivantsoff & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1993. Recolonization by fishes of a rocky intertidal pool following repeated defaunation. Australian Zool. 29(1-2): 85-92.
Lee, S.C. 1980. Intertidal fishes of a rocky pool of the Sanhsientai, Eastern Taiwan. Bull. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sin. 16 (1): 19-26.
Ludwig, J.A. & J.F. Reynolds. 1988. Statistical Ecology: a primer on methods and computing. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 337p.
Margalef, R. 1986. Ecologia. Barcelona, Ediciones Omega S.A., 951p.
Moring, J.R. 1986. Seasonal presence of tidepool fish species in a rocky intertidal zone of northern Califórnia, USA. Hydrobiologia 134: 21-27.
Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the world. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 3^rd ed., XVII+600p.
Piepenburg, D. & U. Piatkowski. 1992. A program for computer-aided analyses of ecological field data. Cabios 8 (6): 587-590.
Ramos, R.T.C. 1994. Análise da composição e distribuição da fauna de peixes demersais da plataforma continental da Paraíba e estados vizinhos. Rev. Nordestina Biol. 9(1): 1-30.
Randall, J.E. 1963. Methods of collecting small fishes. Underwater Naturalist 1 (2): 6-11,32-36.
Rosa, R.S. 1980. Lista sistemática de peixes marinhos da Paraíba (Brasil). Rev. Nordestina Biol. 3 (2): 205-226.
Starks, E.C. 1913. The fishes of the Stanford Expedition to Brazil. Stanford, Stanford University, 77p.
Thorne-Miller, B.L. & J.G. Catena. 1991. The living ocean: Understanding and protecting marine biodiversity. Washington, Island Press, 180p.
Yoshiyama, R.M. 1981. Distribution and abundance patterns of rocky intertidal fishes in central Califórnia. Env. Biol. Fish. 6 (3/4): 315-332.
Yoshiyama, R.M.; C. Sassaman & R.N. Lea. 1986. Rocky intertidal fish communities of Califórnia, USA: Temporal and spatial variation. Environ. Biol. Fishes 17(1): 23-40.

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Publicação nesta coleção
13 Jul 2009
Data do Fascículo
1997

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Aceito
06 Maio 1997
Recebido
25 Jul 1996

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[2] Bakus, G.J. 1990. Quantitative Ecology and Marine Biology. Rotterdam., A.A. Balkema, 157p.

[3] Beckley, L.E. 1985. The fish community of East Cape tidal pools and an assessment of the nursery function of this habitat. S. Afr. J. Zool. 20 (1): 21-27.

[4] Bennett, B.A. 1986. The rock-pool fish community of Koppie Alleen, South Africa and an assesment of the importance of Cape rock pool as nurseries for juvenile fish. S. Afr. J. Zool. 22 (1): 25-32.

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[6] Crabtree, R.E. & J.M. Dean. 1982. The structure of two South Carolina estuarine tidal pool fish assemblages. Estuaries 5(1): 2-9.

[7] DOTY, M.S. 1957. Rocky intertidal surfaces, p. 335-385. In: J.W. Hedgpeth (Ed.). Treatise on marine ecology and paleoecology. Ecology. Boulder, The Geological Society of America, Vol. 1, VIII+1296p.

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[10] Kricher, J.C. 1972. Bird Species Diversity: The effect of species richness and equitability on the diversity index. Ecology 53 (2): 278-282.

[11] Lardner, R.; W. Ivantsoff & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1993. Recolonization by fishes of a rocky intertidal pool following repeated defaunation. Australian Zool. 29(1-2): 85-92.

[12] Lee, S.C. 1980. Intertidal fishes of a rocky pool of the Sanhsientai, Eastern Taiwan. Bull. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sin. 16 (1): 19-26.

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[14] Margalef, R. 1986. Ecologia. Barcelona, Ediciones Omega S.A., 951p.

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[16] Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the world. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 3^rd ed., XVII+600p.

[17] Piepenburg, D. & U. Piatkowski. 1992. A program for computer-aided analyses of ecological field data. Cabios 8 (6): 587-590.

[18] Ramos, R.T.C. 1994. Análise da composição e distribuição da fauna de peixes demersais da plataforma continental da Paraíba e estados vizinhos. Rev. Nordestina Biol. 9(1): 1-30.

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[20] Rosa, R.S. 1980. Lista sistemática de peixes marinhos da Paraíba (Brasil). Rev. Nordestina Biol. 3 (2): 205-226.

[21] Starks, E.C. 1913. The fishes of the Stanford Expedition to Brazil. Stanford, Stanford University, 77p.

[22] Thorne-Miller, B.L. & J.G. Catena. 1991. The living ocean: Understanding and protecting marine biodiversity. Washington, Island Press, 180p.

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[24] Yoshiyama, R.M.; C. Sassaman & R.N. Lea. 1986. Rocky intertidal fish communities of Califórnia, USA: Temporal and spatial variation. Environ. Biol. Fishes 17(1): 23-40.