scholarly journals Ichthyofauna from three streams of the lower Iguatemi River in the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil

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2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 363-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valéria Flávia Batista-Silva ◽  
Augusto Frota ◽  
Elaine Antoniassi Luiz Kashiwaqui ◽  
Milza Celi Fedatto Abelha ◽  
Dayani Bailly ◽  
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The ichthyofauna from 3 streams (Água Boa, Perobão, and Santa Maria) to the lower Iguatemi River were inventoried, which is located in the upper Paraná river basin, in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Sites in the upper, intermediate, and lower portions of each stream were quarterly electrofished from March to December 2008. All sampled fish (n = 6,816 individuals) represented 43 species of 5 orders, and 16 families. The most abundant species was Phalloceros harpagos (63.5%), followed by Astyanax aff. paranae (10.6%), Hypostomus ancistroides (5.9%), Gymnotus inaequilabiatus (3.4%), and Knodus moenkhausii (2.7%). Despite the high ichthyofauna richness in the lower portion of Iguatemi River, the need to implement and/or expand soil conservation practices and riparian forest restoration is of utmost importance to maintain these populations in the long term. 

Author(s):  
Antonio Conceição Paranhos Filho ◽  
Alberto Pio Fiori ◽  
Leonardo Disperati ◽  
Cristiane Lucchesi ◽  
Alessandro Ciali ◽  
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O ambiente SIG (Sistema de Informações Geográficas) é o ideal para integrar dados, informações e cartas de naturezas diferentes. Por exemplo, dados climáticos e cartas topográficas ou de solos podem ser analisados em conjunto, levando toda a informação para uma base comum, o que permite a sua integração e uso. A Equação Universal de Perdas dos Solos (EUPS ou USLE) é atualmente utilizada, com sucesso, como uma forma para a avaliação da perda dos solos por erosão laminar e foi aplicada para a Bacia do Rio Taquarizinho (ao Sul de Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul), região que apresentou grandes modificações no tipo de uso e ocupação do solo no período analisado. Neste trabalho são apresentados os parâmetros envolvidos com a USLE, alguns obtidos da digitalização de cartas temáticas e tabelas como de Erosividade das chuvas (R), Erodibilidade do solo (K) ou Uso e Manejo do Solo e Práticas Conservacionistas (CP) e outros, como Comprimento (L) e Declividade de vertentes (S,) obtidos em ambiente SIG, através de dados topográficos. O ambiente SIG permitiu a completa integração entre os dados para a obtenção dos parâmetros da USLE e os resultados. Para a Bacia do Rio Taquarizinho a USLE foi aplicada em três diferentes momentos: 1966, 1985 e 1996. Esta aplicação multitemporal mostrou a tendência evolutiva do processo erosivo na região. Para os valores absolutos da taxa de erosão laminar dos solos, de 1966 a 1996, em alguns locais, o desmatamento implicou num aumento da taxa de erosão laminar dos solos em mais de 50 vezes. As perdas médias anuais de solo por erosão laminar foram representadas por valores médios, para toda a Bacia do Taquarizinho, de 4,44 ton/ha. para 1966, de 5,53 ton/ha. para 1985 e de 8,65 ton/ha. para 1996. MULTITEMPORAL EVALUATION OF SOIL LOSS IN THE TAQUARIZINHO BASIN, MATO GROSSO DO SUL - BRAZIL Abstract The GIS - Geographic Information System environment is ideal for integrating data, information and different kinds of maps. For example, climate data and topographic or soil cover maps can be analyzed together, bringing all the information into a common base, thus permitting integration and use. The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) is currently used successfully as a form of evaluating soil loss via laminar erosion, and it was applied to the Taquarizinho River Basin (to the south of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul State), a region which showed great changes in the type of use and occupation of the soil during the period analyzed. In the present work are presented the parameters involved in the USLE, some obtained from the digitalization of thematic maps and tables, such as the Rain Erosive Potential (R), Soil Erodability (K), and Cover and Management of the Soil and Conservation Practices (CP), and others, such as Length (L) and Slope Declivity (S), obtained from the GIS environment, from topographic data. The GIS environment permitted a complete integration between the data used to obtain the USLE parameters, and the results. For the Taquarizinho River Basin, the USLE was applied to three different periods: 1966, 1985 and 1996. This multi-temporal application showed a tendency of evolving erosion in the region. Calculations of the absolute values of rates of laminar erosion of the soils indicate that deforestation has lead to an increase of more than fifty times in such erosion, from 1966 to 1996. The mean annual losses of soil from laminar erosion for the entire Taquarizinho River Basin are calculated to have been 4.44 ton/ha in 1996, 5.53 ton/ha in 1985, and 8.65 ton/ha in 1996.


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yzel Rondon Súarez ◽  
Fabiane Silva Ferreira ◽  
Karina Keyla Tondato

The Porto Murtinho Pantanal lies at the limit of the Upper Paraguay River basin, and despite its biogeographical importance, several aspects of the ecology of the fish assemblage are not known. Monthly samples of fish associated with aquatic macrophytes were taken from February 2009 through January 2011. A total of 46,327 individuals were collected, belonging to 144 species. Characiformes and Siluriformes were the predominant orders, and Odontostilbe pequira, O. paraguayensis and Bryconamericus exodon were the most abundant species. Two species, Cynopotamus sp. and Pimelodus mysteriosus, were recorded for the first time in the Pantanal, and a new occurrence record of Cichla piquiti was observed, representing an approximately 400 km range expansion in your distribution area in the Pantanal.


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 349-352
Author(s):  
Sérgio Roberto Rodrigues ◽  
Anderson Puker

Coleoptera of the family Geotrupidae play an important ecological role in the decomposition of animal and plant organic matter. In Brazil there is little information on the diversity and distribution of this group, thus, this work had a purpose to study Geotrupidae species, occurring in Aquidauana, MS. A survey for geotrupids was conducted in Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Beetles were captured using a light trap over a period of two years, from January 2006 to December 2007. A total of 907 specimens were collected and identified to eight species. From the subfamily Bolboceratinae, the species identified were Bolbapium minutum (Luederwaldt, 1929) and Pereirabolbus castaneus (Klug, 1845). In the subfamily Athyreinae the species identified were Athyreus bilobus Howden & Martínez, 1978, Parathyreus aff. bahiae, Neoathyreus aff. julietae, N. sexdentatus Laporte, 1840, N. centromaculatus (Felsche, 1909) and N. goyasensis (Boucomont, 1902). Four species (A. bilobus, N. centromaculatus, N. goyasensis and P. castaneus) are reported for the first time in Aquidauana, MS, Brazil. The most abundant species, representing 85.9% of the total capture, was B. minutum. The greatest numbers of specimens was caught from October to December of both years of the study.


2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lívia Medeiros Cordeiro ◽  
Rodrigo Borghezan ◽  
Eleonora Trajano

We present herein a synthesis of faunistic data from caves in the Serra da Bodoquena karst area, middle Paraguay River basin, Mato Grosso do Sul State. Those include phreatic, submerged and dry caves. Emphasis is given to troglobites (exclusively subterranean species), potentially threatened due to their morphological, physiological and behavioral specializations, associated to generally small distributions. The Bodoquena karst area distinguishes as a spot of high diversity of troglobites, such as trichomycterid and heptapterid catfishes, aquatic planarians and gastropods, arachnids (Eusarcus opilionids, ctenid spiders), Polydesmida diplopods, several collembolans, some insects, and Peracarida crustaceans, which include interesting phylogenetic relicts as spelaeogriphaceans. Four geographic compartments corresponding to microbasins, seemingly with biogeographic importance for the subterranean fauna, are recognized. Phreatobic troglobites (Trichomycterus catfishes, aquatic peracarids, planarians) distribute widely across these compartments and some well beyond (the spelaeogriphacean Potiicoara brasiliensis reaches Mato Grosso state), while those living in base-level streams (Rhamdia and Ancistrus catfishes) and the terrestrial ones, that live in the vadose (aerated zone) are generally restricted to one compartment. Many subterranean ecosystems in Mato Grosso do Sul are endangered by several threats described here and urgent actions for effective protection are required to guarantee a sustainable use of the land and the karst aquifers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Arroyo Garcia ◽  
Gessí Ceccon ◽  
Guilherme Afonso da Silva Sutier ◽  
Anna Luiza Farias dos Santos

Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate the grain yield of soybean and corn cultivars cropped in succession, in different sowing dates. The experiment was carried out in the municipality of Dourados, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, during three growing seasons, in the sowing dates: 9/15, 10/1, 10/15, and 11/1 for soybean; and 2/1, 2/15, 3/1, and 3/15 for corn. Although soybean yields are strongly affected by the crop season, sowing between late September and early October results in higher long-term yields. Planting corn in succession in mid-February provides the highest grain yield in the southern region of the state Mato Grosso do Sul; therefore, there is no need for an early soybean sowing in September, in order to ensure corn planting in January. Soybean-corn succession in which soybean is sown in early October and corn in mid-February results in higher total grain yields and reduces the climatic risk associated with these crops in the region.


Biotemas ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria José Alencar Vilela ◽  
Francisco Severo-Neto ◽  
Fernando Rogério Carvalho

Astyanax biotae é uma espécie originalmente descrita em um afluente do Rio Paranapanema, bacia do alto Paraná. Durante amostragens realizadas em drenagens dos rios Ivinhema e Verde, no sistema do alto Paraná, em Mato Grosso do Sul, exemplares de A. biotae foram coletados em cabeceiras de pequenos riachos e em lagoas de várzea, tanto em Unidades de Conservação como em áreas de agricultura intensiva. Os dados morfomerísticos de 20 indivíduos analisados foram similares aos da série-tipo. Exemplares testemunhos estão depositados nas coleções ictiológicas da UFMS (ZUFMS), UEMS (CPUEMS) e UNESP (DZSJRP). Com base nos critérios da IUCN, sugerimos sua classificação como Menos Preocupante (LC) no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, considerando principalmente a inexistência de ameaças efetivas em duas das áreas de ocorrência da espécie, situadas dentro de Unidades de Conservação. No entanto, reforçamos a urgência em medidas para a proteção das regiões de cabeceiras de riachos, a fim de evitar o aumento do desmatamento, assoreamento e poluição agrícola, problemas recorrentes no Cerrado, que comprometem severamente a manutenção desses hábitats e suas espécies. É necessário investir em estudos sobre a biologia da espécie e ampliar as amostragens, buscando diminuir os vazios amostrais ainda existentes nas drenagens estaduais.


2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. e20216145
Author(s):  
Alvaro Doria dos Santos ◽  
Helena Carolina Onody ◽  
Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão

This study aimed to assess the diversity, abundance and seasonal dynamics of Ophioniformes wasps collected throughout a year, as recorded in Malaise traps set at the Reserva Ecológica da Universidade Estadual do Mato Grosso do Sul, a Brazilian Savanna area in Aquidauana city, MS. A total of 621 specimens of Ophioniformes belonging to 11 subfamilies, 30 genera and 106 species were sampled. Despite the impressive number of species found, in a pattern of a few relatively abundant species and many rare ones, our data estimate even higher richness, probably between 125 to 165 species in the studied area. The genera Diadegma, Nonnus, Diradops, Meniscomorpha, Syzeuctus, Ophiopterus and Thyreodon are recorded for the first time in Mato Grosso do Sul State. Among the climatic variables evaluated, mean temperature and relative humidity were positively and significantly correlated with richness and abundance. Our data highlights the huge unknown species richness of these parasitoids in Brazil and the need of taxonomic studies efforts in the future.


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 587
Author(s):  
Adriano Luis Mendonça ◽  
Antonio Carlos Lofego ◽  
Anildo Pott ◽  
Rodrigo Damasco Daud ◽  
Peterson Rodrigo Demite

Phytoseiidae is the most extensively studied family of predatory mites, some of which are effectively used as biological control agents. Nevertheless, studies of these mites in some Brazilian biomes such as the Pantanal are still scarce. The objective this publication was to assess the diversity of this family in Pantanal vegetation from Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, verifying the importance of the native plants as reservoirs for these mites. Samplings were carried out in five phytophysiognomies of the Pantanal: Cambarazal, Capão (forest islet), Carandazal, Riparian Forest and Paratudal. Thirty-five phytoseiid species were recorded on 40 plant species of 28 families. The most common species were Amblyseius chiapensis De Leon and Euseius concordis De Leon, recorded on 21 and 18 plant species, respectively. Inga vera Willd. (Fabaceae) and Paullinia pinnata L. (Sapindaceae) were the host plants harboring the greatest richness of phytoseiids, 15 and 14 species, respectively. Our results suggest a high diversity of phytoseiid mites in the Pantanal biome. However, as only a small proportion of the total biome area was considered, only a fraction of the mite diversity was probably recovered. Thus, new studies on this biome are needed, especially in other well-preserved native vegetation remnants.


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudenice Faxina ◽  
Erich Fischer ◽  
Arnildo Pott

The flora of the Atlantic Rainforest of Mato Grosso do Sul, southwestern Brazil, has not been inventoried in spite of being the westernmost inland region of this domain. We present an inventory of the riparian flora of inland Atlantic Forest in Mato Grosso do Sul. We describe the species distribution along three habitats with contrasting flood conditions: non-flooded, seasonally flooded, and swampy forests. The inventory consisted of sampling every reproductive individual, during 12 months on 1.12 ha of plots inside a 24 ha study area. We recorded 1967 individuals of 253 species and 72 families. The most representative families in number of species were Asteraceae (27), Fabaceae (19), Myrtaceae (17), Cyperaceae (12), Rubiaceae, Solanaceae and Orchidaceae (10 each). The most abundant reproductive species were Guarea macrophylla (169 individuals), Miconia chamissois (85) and Conyza bonariensis (80). Eleven species of six families were recorded for the first time in Mato Grosso do Sul, two of them endemic to the Atlantic Forest - Passiflora jilekii and Capanema micromera. We found 119 species exclusively in non-flooded habitat, 19 in seasonally flooded habitat, and 31 in swampy forest. Guarea macrophylla was the most frequent species in swampy forest, and Gochnatia polymorpha in non-flooded. The riparian forest flora at the study site resembles the Atlantic Forest and includes wide distribution riparian species; the variation of flood conditions among habitats favors its richness. Our records add new occurrences for Mato Grosso do Sul and new distribution ranges for some plant species, what arises concern upon the local biodiversity conservation.


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano ◽  
Iana Aparecida Dalla Valle Oliveira ◽  
Alan Lane de Melo

A list of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera species from the southern region of Mato Grosso do Sul State is presented. The material was collected between 2008 and 2009. Samples were obtained from 10 streams (Água Boa, Cerro Verde, Cumprida, Ponte, Doradão, Guaçú, Guaporites, Nhu-Verá, Perobão and Santa Maria), one river (Iguatemi River) and nine ponds (Bacal, Balan, Ponte, Cinco, Macrófitas, Bugão, Sítio, Cascalho, and Oxbow). A total of 63 aquatic and semi-aquatic species of Heteroptera were recorded, of which 32 are new records.


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