Otro
Categorização functional trófica das comunidades de macroinvertebrados de dois reservatórios na região centro-oeste do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
Registro en:
Acta Scientiarum - Biological Sciences, v. 31, n. 1, p. 73-78, 2009.
1679-9283
1807-863X
10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i1.331
2-s2.0-65449150871.pdf
2-s2.0-65449150871
Autor
da Silva, Fabio Laurindo
Pauleto, Gustavo Mayer
Talamoni, Jandria Liria Biscalquini
Ruiz, Sonia Silveira
Resumen
The use of the concept of guild can be useful for the functional trophic categorization of communities, because there is no requirement identification of organisms in the level of species and not to treat each species as a separate entity. The aim of this study was to analyze the functional feeding groups (collectors-gatherers, collectors-filterers, shredders, predators and grazer-scrapers) of the macroinvertebrate communities of two reservoirs in the Midwestern region of São Paulo State. Sampling was carried out in rainy (March/April - 2001) and dry (July/August - 2001) seasons and the data obtained indicate that 'collectors-gatherers' is the most frequent guild. This fact suggests a great importance of organic matter as a food source in the diet of the macroinvertebrates analyzed.