Five sandy soil terra-firme streams in five forest reserves near BR-174 Road (Manaus-Boa Vista) in Amazonas State (02o19'-02°27'S, 59º45'-60º05'W) were investigated. The streams were visited from July/1996 to September/1997, and each one was searched through for two times, one in the "dry" period and other in the "rainy" one. The environmental variables analysed were: water temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, dissolved oxygen saturation, current velocity, canopy cover, stream width, stream depth, pH, specific conductance and turbidity. B. cayennense specimes were found just at the "dry" period in one of the streams, and in both of them in the others. The results for physics and chemical parameters were in agreement with that previosly recorded for this region.
"terra-firme" streams; physical and chemical variables; Batrachospermum cayennense; Tropical Amazon Rainy Forest; Brazil