{"title":"Population dynamics and net primary production of the aquatic macrophyte Nymphaea rudgeana C. F. Mey in a lotic environment of the Itanhaém River basin (SP, Brazil).","authors":"A F Camargo, E R Florentino","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this paper we evaluated the population dynamics and obtained estimates of the net primary production of the aquatic macrophyte Nymphaea rudgeana in an arm of the Itanhaém River (São Paulo State, Brazil). This species presents, in the studied area, a broad seasonal variation of biomass. As from November (13.1 g DW/m2) we observed a gradual increase of biomass that reached a maximum in February (163.1 g DW/m2). Then, the biomass decreased, maintaining low levels until a new growth period. The reduction of biomass is associated to the development of floating aquatic macrophytes (Pistia stratiotes and Salvinia molesta) and, subsequently to environmental factors (higher salinity values) that are unfavorable to their development. The net primary production of N. rudgeana was estimated from the biomass data, and the annual productivity value was estimated between 3.02 and 3.82 t/ha/year.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"83-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative study of the zooplankton composition of six lacustrine ecosystems in central Brazil during the dry season.","authors":"F L Starling","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Zooplankton community from six lacustrine ecosystems located in Federal District (Central Brazil) was studied based on samples collected during the dry season (July to September). A total of 71 taxa were recorded: 44 rotifers, 17 cladocerans and 10 copepods. The highest number of zooplankton species was recorded in oligotrophic Bonita Pond (32 species) and the lowest number in hypertrophic waste stabilisation ponds (7 species). This tendency of decreasing the diversity with increasing trophic level was consistent with a cluster analysis of the samples based on Sorensen index of similarity. From the overall similarity dendrogram, two groups of ecosystems were distinguished: one containing the natural ponds Bonita and Formosa and the other comprising the reservoirs Santa Maria, Descoberto and Paranoá. The role of morphometric features in determining the zooplankton community in such lacustrine ecosystems was also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"101-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low courtship song variation in south and southeastern Brazilian populations of Drosophila meridionalis (Diptera, Drosophilidae).","authors":"C T Costa, G C Kuhn, F M Sene","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drosophila meridionalis is a cactus-breeding species with a wide distribution in South America. Most populations of this species are geographically isolated, what provides a promising scenario for studying evolution. Former studies of this species revealed a remarkable karyotypic variation among its populations. Up to six distinct metaphase chromosomes were described, showing that this species is polymorphic at least at the chromosomal level. In order to elucidate the taxonomic status of populations showing different metaphase chromosomes, we analyzed the courtship song of five populations of D. meridionalis in South and Southeastern Brazil. In addition, we analyzed the metaphase chromosomes of each population. Our results show that, despite the two karyotype observed, most courtship song parameters did not vary among the populations. Altogether, our results suggest that D. meridionalis from South and Southeastern Brazil represents one species with an inter-population chromosomal variability.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"53-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biology of Corecoris dentiventris Berg, 1884 (Hemiptera, Coreidae) in tobacco culture (Nicotiana tabacum).","authors":"B H Caldas, L R Redaelli, L M Diefenbach","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100020","DOIUrl":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Corecoris dentiventris Berg, 1884 (HEM., Coreidae) represents a pest in the tobacco culture in Southern Brazil. Nymphs and adults cause the wilting and twisting of the tobacco leaves due to their sucking habit. There are very few works about this species and these are restricted to concise description of the adult morphology, records of host plants and enumeration of injuries. The present investigation aims to study the life cycle of this bug. The experiment was carried out in a tobacco culture (Virginia type, var. K 326) implanted in the experimental area of the Departamento de Fitossanidade of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, RS. The life cycle was studied in field conditions, in nylon cages, from egg clusters oviposited by females of the colonizing generation. The preferred oviposition site was the main vein in the abaxial side of the leaf. The average incubation period was 13.7 +/- 0.04 days and the egg viability, 99.63%. The average periods of the different instars of the bug, in days, were: 5.4 +/- 0.08, 9.7 +/- 0.19, 4.5 +/- 0.08, 5.3 +/- 0.08, 9.0 +/- 0.13 respectively for the first, second, third, fourth and fifth instars. The first instar presented the highest mortality (13.86%). The accumulated mortality of the nymphal phase was 35.29%. The sex ratio was 0.97 males: 1 female.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"173-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Variation of density, species composition and dominance of rotifers at a shallow tropical reservoir (Broa reservoir, SP, Brazil) in a short scale time.","authors":"M P Rodríguez, T Matsumura-Tundisi","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rotifers are the predominant group of zooplankton found in the majority of reservoirs, constituting more than 60% of the total zooplankton present. Being opportunistic organisms, they easily adapt to changes in environmental conditions, and it is therefore difficult to establish a constant level of composition and occurrence of a species in specific areas at specific times. In order to establish how changes in composition and predominance of a species occurs within a dynamic system, the daily variation in the total density of rotifers and that of the dominant species were studied at short intervals during a period of 20 days at Lobo (Broa) reservoir. Filinia pejleri and Keratella americana were the predominant species, making up 64.3% of the total rotifers. However, during the first five days of the study, there was a predominance of two genera, Conochilus (C. coenobasis and C. unicornis) and Keratella (K. americana and K. cochlearis), with the genus Conochilus being substituted by the genus Filinia from the seventh day onwards, which, together with the genus Keratella, was predominant until the end of the study period. The increase in density of Filinia pejleri and Keratella americana was found to be associated with increased wind speed. The resulting turbulence could cause changes in the behavior and metabolism of the organisms, increasing the rate of reproduction, which in turn could be attributed to the greater availability of food through the suspension of material from the lake bed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Variation in aboveground biomass of Allagoptera arenaria (Gomes) O. Kuntze (Arecaceae) on the Marambaia beach ridge, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil","authors":"L. F. Menezes, D. Araujo","doi":"10.1590/S0034-71082000000100017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-71082000000100017","url":null,"abstract":"Variation of aboveground biomass of Allagoptera arenaria (Gomes) O. Kuntze (Arecaceae) along five topographic profiles perpendicular to the ocean was examined in a palm scrub community on Marambaia beach ridge, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Aerial biomass was positively correlated with distance from the sea (F = 39.57; R2 = 0.69; P < 0.01) as was detritus cover (F = 525.92; R2 = 0.92; P < 0.01). A. arenaria growth is closely related to the topography of the beach area. Dense populations of this palm enrich the soil by increasing organic matter under the plants through dead leaf material. This promotes the accumulation of nutrients and the creation of microclimates that favor the establishment of other species.","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"147-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/S0034-71082000000100017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67176878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Histology of the trachea and lung of Siphonops annulatus (Amphibia, Gymnophiona).","authors":"B Kuehne, L C Junqueira","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The structure of the trachea and lung of Siphonops annulatus was studied in ten specimens of routinely fed animals. The trachea is constituted mainly by incomplete cartilage rings lined by a respiratory epithelium (ciliated and mucous cells) with variable morphology according to the region observed. A rich vascularization of this organ suggests its participation in blood-air gas exchange. The right lung in this species is developed and the left one is atrophied. This organ is constituted mainly by longitudinal septa formed by connective tissue, smooth muscle cells and blood capillaries. These structures are covered by pneumocytes of one type only, which present cytoplasmic particles that have been related with surfactant activity described in the lung of Gymnophiona.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"167-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dental development and ontogenetic diet shifts of Roeboides paranensis pignalberi (osteichthyes, Characinae) in pools of the upper Rio Paraná floodplain (state of Paraná, Brazil).","authors":"N S Hahn, C S Pavanelli, E K Okada","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Species of the characid genus Roeboides are known for their habit of tearing off and ingesting scales from other fishes. Specimens of Roeboides paranensis were taken monthly from March 1992 through February 1993 in five pools of the upper Rio Paraná floodplain and in one site in the Rio Paraná itself, with the aim of relating the dental development to ontogenetic diet shifts. Between 15-22 mm SL, fish had teeth with hypertrophied bases (mammiform) that moved to the outside of the mouth in both maxillas. During ontogeny, the diet shifted, with the smallest individuals eating more microcrustaceans and the larger ones eating more scales. Lepidophagy is non-obligatory, because the ingestion of insects and other invertebrates occurred at all sizes. Spatial variation in diet was large, however diet similarity was great for Roeboides from three floodplain pools that had similar proportions of the main diet categories.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"93-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foraging behavior of bee pollinators on the tropical weed Triumfetta semitriloba: flight distance and directionality.","authors":"R G Collevatti, J H Schoereder, L A Campos","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We studied flight distance and directionality of bee pollinators on the tropical shrub weed Triumfetta semitriloba Jacq. (Tiliaceae), addressing (1) within- and between-plant movement pattern; (2) distances flown between plants; (3) flight directionality. Flowering plants were distributed in well-delimited clumps, in each of two pasture areas (A1 and A2) and one area of forest gap (A3), in Viçosa, southeastern Brazil. Five solitary bee species, Augochlorella michaelis, Augochloropsis cupreola, Pseudocentron paulistana, Ceratinula sp., Melissodes sexcincta, and two social bee, Plebeia droryana, P. cf. nigriceps were observed. All species moved mainly to the nearest flower on the same individual plant and, in between-plant movements, to the first or second nearest neighbor. All species moved non-randomly, presenting a flight directionality in departures (maintenance of flight direction), but with a high frequency of turn angles. It is suggested that this foraging behavior pattern occurred because of the resource quantity and quality (pollen or nectar), and environmental characteristics such as flower density and resource distribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"29-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antennal malformations in light ocelli drones of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae).","authors":"J Chaud-Netto","doi":"10.1590/s0034-71082000000100015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Malformed antennae of Apis mellifera light ocelli drones were drawn, dissected and mounted permanently on slides containing Canada balsam, in order to count the olfactory discs present in each segment, in comparison with the number of those structures in normal antennae of their brothers. Some drones presented morphological abnormalities in a single segment of the right or left antenna, but others had two or more malformed segments in a same antenna. Drones with malformations in both antennae were also observed. The 4th and 5th flagellum segments were the most frequently affected. In a low number of cases the frequency of olfactory discs in malformed segments did not differ from that one recorded for normal segments. However, in most cases studied, the antennal malformations brought about a significant reduction in the number of olfactory discs from malformed segments.</p>","PeriodicalId":76429,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de biologia","volume":"60 1","pages":"123-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1590/s0034-71082000000100015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21683774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}