A hydropedological approach to a mountainous Clayey Humic Dystrudept in the Mantiqueira Range, southeastern Brazil

Most studies of cetacean habitat use do not consider the influence of anthropogenic activities. We investigated the influence of environmental and anthropogenic variables on habitat use by humpback Megaptera novaeangliae and Bryde’s whales Balaenoptera brydei off the coast of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Although there are 2 marine protected areas (MPAs) in this area, few data are available on cetacean habitat use or on the overlap of different cetacean species within these MPAs. Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of the MPAs and propose a buffer zone to better protect the biodiversity of the study area. We conducted systematic surveys and developed spatial eigenvector generalized linear models to characterize habitat use by the species in the study area. Habitat use by humpback whales was influenced only by depth, whereas for Bryde’s whales there was the additional influence of anthropogenic variables. For Bryde’s whales, which use the area for feeding, sea surface temperature and the distance to anchorages had a major influence on habitat use. We also showed that neither of the MPAs in the study area adequately protects the hotspots of either whale species. Most of the humpback whale grid cells with high sighting predictions were located within 2 km of the MPAs, while areas of high sighting prediction of Bryde’s whales were located up to 5 km from the MPAs, closer to beaches. Our findings provide important insights for the delimitation of protected areas and zoning of the MPAs.

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Abundance Estimates of Guiana Dolphins (Sotalia guianensis; Van Bénéden, 1864) Inhabiting an Estuarine System in Southeastern Brazil

Aquatic Mammals ◽

10.1578/am.45.1.2019.56 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 56-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Aline B. de Mello ◽

Julia M. B. Molina ◽

Maja Kajin ◽

Marcos C. de O. Santos

Keyword(s):

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Estuarine System ◽

Sotalia Guianensis ◽

Abundance Estimates

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Dalechampia margarethiae (Euphorbiaceae), a New Species from Southeastern Brazil

Systematic Botany ◽

10.1600/036364419x15710776741350 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 832-837

Author(s):

Rafaela Alves Pereira-Silva ◽

Sarah Maria Athiê-Souza ◽

André Laurênio de Melo ◽

W. Scott Armbruster

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Floral Resin ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

Abstract—A new species of Dalechampia from southeastern Brazil, belonging to Dalechampia sect. Dioscoreifoliae, is described and illustrated here. Dalechampia margarethiae is a twining vine occurring exclusively in Espírito Santo state. Its pseudanthia are similar to those of D. peckoltiana and D. pentaphylla, but D. margarethiae differs in a set of important characters, including having cylindrical, down-curved style tips, staminate flowers at anthesis having unreflexed sepals with stamens born on unelongated columns, whitish floral resin, and simple, entire, cordate leaves.

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EVIDENCE OF NEOPROTEROZOIC BACKARC BASIN DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL RIBEIRA BELT, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL: NEW GEOCHRONOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS FROM THE SÃO ROQUE - AÇUNGUI GROUPS

Revista Brasileira de Geociências ◽

10.25249/0375-7536.2000301110114 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 110-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

PETER CHRISTIAN HACKSPACHER ◽

ELTON LUIZ DANTAS ◽

ANGELO SPOLADORE ◽

ALLEN HUTCHESON FETTER ◽

MARCOS AURÉLIO FARIA DE OLIVEIRA

Keyword(s):

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Backarc Basin ◽

Basin Development ◽

Geochemical Constraints

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Geology and geochronology of Monte de Trigo island alkaline suite, southeastern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Geociências ◽

10.25249/0375-7536.20093916780 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 67-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Gaston Eduardo Rojas Enrich ◽

Excelso Ruberti ◽

Celso de Barros Gomes

Keyword(s):

Southeastern Brazil

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Description and distribution of the larvae of two species of Fistulariidae (Teleostei, Syngnathiformes) in the southeastern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032007000100014 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 101-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Fernanda Bernardo Anacreto Gomes de Barros ◽

Márcia Salustiano de Castro ◽

Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker

Keyword(s):

Maximum Depth ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

The South ◽

The North ◽

Single Genus

Fistulariidae contains the single genus, Fistularia, with four species. Two of these species are recorded from Brazil: Fistularia petimba and F. tabacaria. This study describes larvae of these two species of Fistularia, recording their distribution along the southeastern Brazilian coast, which is limited in the north by Real River (12° S) and in the south by São Tomé Cape (22° S). Samples were collected using a bongo net with mesh apertures of 330 and 500 µm during three oceanographic cruises conducted on spring/98 (Central III), winter/99 (Bahia 1) and autumn/00 (Central IV). The net was towed obliquely and the maximum depth was 200 m. Larvae of F. petimba were the most abundant and most widely distributed within the study area, including the seamounts of the Vitória-Trindade Ridge. Larvae of F. tabacaria were recorded only between 14° S and 21° S.

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Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea Latreille, 1802: new continent record and distribution extension in Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/6.2.217 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 217 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Mariana Juventina Magrini ◽

Paula Beatriz Araujo ◽

Marcio Uehara-Prado

Keyword(s):

Rio Grande ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Pitfall Traps ◽

São Paulo ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Serra Do Mar ◽

First Time

Terrestrial Isopods were sampled in four protected Atlantic Forest areas located in Serra do Mar, state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. A total of 2,217 individuals of six species (Atlantoscia sp., Benthana werneri, Pseudodiploexochus tabularis, Pudeoniscus obscurus, Styloniscus spinosus and Trichorhina sp.) were captured in pitfall traps. The exotic species S. spinosus is recorded for the first time for the Americas. Another introduced species, P. tabularis, previously recorded only from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, had its geographic distribution extended to the state of São Paulo. The most abundant isopods in this study belong to an undescribed species of Atlantoscia.

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