Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences (Sep 2011)

Variação temporal da comunidade fitoplanctônica em lagos urbanos eutróficos = Temporal variation of the phytoplankton community in eutrophic urban lakes

  • João Carlos Nabout,
  • Ina Souza Nogueira

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 4
pp. 383 – 391

Abstract

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O objetivo desse trabalho foi averiguar a mudança sazonal e o sincronismo temporal de atributos da comunidade fitoplanctônica (diversidade e a densidade) de quatro reservatórios urbanos eutróficos (lago do Jardim Botânico, lago do parque Vaca Brava, lago das Rosas e lago do bosque dos Buritis) do município de Goiânia, Estado de Goiás. A diversidade foi estimada pelo índice de Shannon-Winner (H’) e a densidade foi pelo método de Utermöhl. Todos os quatrolagos apresentaram elevada diversidade fitoplanctônica, variando de H’ = 0,97 (bosque dos Buritis) a H’ = 4,29 (lago do Jardim Botânico), além disso, a diversidade foi significativamente distinta entre os quatro lagos estudados (F = 4,74; p The aim of this study was to investigate the seasonal changes and temporal synchrony of phytoplankton community attributes (diversity and density) at four eutrophic urban reservoirs (Jardim Botânico lake, Vaca Brava Park lake, Rosas lake and Bosque dos Buritis lake) in the city of Goiânia, Goiás State. Phytoplankton diversity was estimated by the Shannon- Winner (H’) index and phytoplankton density by the Utermöhl method. All lakes presented high phytoplankton diversity, ranging from H’ = 0.97 (Bosque dos Buritis) to H’ =4.29 (Jardim Botânico). The phytoplankton diversity of the four lakes was significantly different (F = 4.74; p < 0,001. n=4), and phytoplankton density was high, with bloom of Cyanophyceae (Bosque dos Buritis) and Chrysophyceae (Jardim Botânico). The four lakes presented low or absent synchronic phytoplankton communities (density and diversity attributes); moreover, Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) also showed that the lakes presented different phytoplankton community structures, especially Jardim Botanico, which evidenced most differentphytoplankton community structure. Furthermore, the other lakes presented different phytoplankton communities over at least one sampling period. These results demonstrated the importance of local factors in the structure of the phytoplankton community, such as limnologic and geomorphologic characteristics.

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