AQUATIC MACROPHYTES DIVERSITY IN THE LOWER DOCE RIVER BASIN, ESPÍRITO SANTO, BRAZIL

Macrophytes are plant organisms that live partially or totally submerged in water, being fixed and free. The Doce River is one of the main rivers in southeastern Brazil and, in 2015, it was hit by ore tailings from the Fundão dam burst in Mariana, Minas Gerais. This work aims to provide a floristic survey of macrophytes in the lower Doce River basin and to compare the species composition between lentic and lotic environments. Expeditions were carried out monthly from October 2018 to September 2019, in five stations in lotic and six in lentic environments. A total of 105 species belonging to 33 families of vascular plants were recorded, among them 14 are new occurrences for Espírito Santo state. Richest families were Poaceae (23 spp.) and Cyperaceae (22 spp.). Amphibious/emerging plants were the most representative (46 spp.). NMDS analysis revealed that the composition of the lotic and lentic environments are different.

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Periphytic algal flora of the lower Doce river basin after ore tailings flow, Espírito Santo State, Brazil: Sampling design and methods

Hoehnea ◽

10.1590/2236-8906-18/2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 48 ◽

Author(s):

Stéfano Zorzal-Almeida ◽

Karoline Barros de Souza ◽

Lucineide Maria Santana ◽

Bianka Gerhardt Endlich ◽

Bruna Fadul-Souza ◽

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Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Sampling Design ◽

Monitoring Program ◽

Algal Flora ◽

Aquatic Biodiversity ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Lotic Environments ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

Design And Methods ◽

Doce River

ABSTRACT The present work aims to describe the sampling design and the methods used in the series “Periphytic algal flora of the Lower Doce River basin (Espírito Santo State, Brazil) after ore tailings flow”. This series will present the biodiversity of periphytic algae registered during the Aquatic Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Environmental Area I, carried out in the Lower Doce River basin three years after the passage of the ore tailings from Fundão dam (Mariana, Minas Gerais). Samples from the periphytic community were collected monthly, between October/2018 and February/2020, at five sampling stations in lotic environments and seven in lentic environments of the basin. These samples were fixed and the taxa will be identified and described, following specific methods. These taxa will be presented in sequential fascicles, split according to their taxonomic and morphological classification. More than 900 taxa have been recorded in this survey. This is the first taxonomic study about inland algae carried out in the Lower Doce River basin.

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Landscape evolution during the late Quaternary at the Doce River mouth, Espírito Santo State, Southeastern Brazil

Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ◽

10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.001 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 415 ◽

pp. 48-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Marcelo Cancela Lisboa Cohen ◽

Marlon Carlos França ◽

Dilce de Fátima Rossetti ◽

Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda ◽

Paulo César Fonseca Giannini ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Landscape Evolution ◽

Late Quaternary ◽

River Mouth ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

Doce River

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New records of bats (Chiroptera) in the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

Mammalia ◽

10.1515/mammalia-2019-0109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carina Maria Vela-Ulian ◽

João Paulo Maires Hoppe ◽

Albert David Ditchfield

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

New Records ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Correct Identification ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Distributional Information ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

New Occurrences

AbstractHerein, we report six new records of bats for the Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil: Choeroniscus minor, Diaemus youngii, Micronycteris schmidtorum, Glyphonycteris daviesi, G. sylvestris, and Histiotus velatus. Fieldwork was conducted in the region of Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, northern Espírito Santo, increasing to 83 species the total of bat species known for the state. We also assigned the first voucher for Diclidurus albus at Espírito Santo, and we provide distributional information about all these species in Brazil and map their distribution in the Neotropics. These new occurrences increase the range, in Atlantic Forest, for all bat species reported here. We describe species measurements and provide comments on taxonomy for comparisons and to aid correct identification.

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A New Species of Anthurium (Araceae) with Cordate Leaves from Southeastern Brazil

Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature ◽

10.3417/2018270 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 3-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rodrigo Theófilo Valadares ◽

Ludovic Jean Charles Kollmann ◽

Cassia Mônica Sakuragui

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Floristic Survey ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Unknown Species ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

During a floristic survey of Araceae species in the Atlantic Forest, Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil, we found an unknown species of Anthurium Schott with cordate leaf bases. Here, we describe and illustrate this new species, A. marcusianum Theófilo, L. Kollmann & Sakur., and also provide comments on its ecology, distribution, and conservation status.

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Anthurium sagrilloanum: A New Species of Anthurium (Araceae) from Southeastern Brazil

Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature ◽

10.3417/2019424 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 60-63

Author(s):

Rodrigo Theófilo Valadares ◽

Thais Fanttini Sagrillo ◽

Cassia Mônica Sakuragui

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Floristic Survey ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Unknown Species ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

During a floristic survey of Araceae in the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil, we found an intriguing, unknown species of Anthurium Schott with cordate leaves. Here, we describe and illustrate the new species, A. sagrilloanum Theófilo & T. F. Sagrillo, and also provide comments on its ecology and distribution.

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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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Multivariate statistics for spatial and seasonal quality assessment of water in the Doce River basin, Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ◽

10.1007/s10661-021-08918-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 193 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Jéssica Bandeira de Melo Carvalho Passos ◽

David Bruno de Sousa Teixeira ◽

Jasmine Alves Campos ◽

Rafael Petruceli Coelho Lima ◽

Elpídio Inácio Fernandes-Filho ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Assessment ◽

River Basin ◽

Multivariate Statistics ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Doce River

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New species of flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5068.4.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5068 (4) ◽

pp. 517-532

Author(s):

DIEGO ALMEIDA-SILVA ◽

THIAGO SILVA-SOARES ◽

MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES ◽

VANESSA KRUTH VERDADE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Protected Area ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

The Third ◽

Skin Smooth ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of dull-colored flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus, from the Atlantic Forest of Caparaó mountains in southeastern Brazil. The new species is characterized by its diminutive size, “leptodactyliform” body, brownish color with an inverted V-shaped dark mark on dorsum, skin smooth, hyperossification and dorsal shield absent, linea masculinea absent, Fingers I and IV vestigial, Toe I externally absent, Toe II reduced but functional, Toes III and IV with pointed tips, Toe V vestigial, and ventral color uniformly brown. It is a leaf litter dweller, known only from type locality in the humid forests on the eastern slopes of Parque Nacional do Caparaó mountains, a protected area in the states of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the third flea-toad occurring in the state of Espírito Santo recovered as sister to all other Brachycephalus distributed from the state of São Paulo northward in the Atlantic Forest.

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Selaginella salinoi (Selaginellaceae), a new species from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.224.3.8 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 224 (3) ◽

pp. 291 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Luiz Armando De Araújo Góes-Neto ◽

Gustavo Heringer ◽

Alexandre Salino

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Electron Micrographs ◽

Atlantic Rainforest ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species ◽

Scanning Electron

A species of Selaginella from Parque Nacional do Caparaó, in Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil, is described as new to the science: Selaginella salinoi grows on rocks in Atlantic Rainforest vegetation at ca. 1200 m. The description includes photos of live plants and, scanning electron micrographs.

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