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Heterogeneity in intertidal fish fauna assemblages along the world’s longest mangrove area in northern Brazil
Author(s) -
Giarrizzo T.,
Krumme U.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01728.x
Subject(s) - mangrove , intertidal zone , estuary , sciaenidae , fishery , fauna , mangrove ecosystem , biology , ecology , intertidal ecology , coastal fish , fish <actinopterygii> , coral reef fish
The first comparison of the intertidal fish fauna from three estuaries within the longest contiguous mangrove area of the world, in north Brazil, revealed a significant heterogeneity in the species composition and functional and ecological guilds with an increase of Tetraodontidae and Engraulidae and a decrease of Sciaenidae and Mugilidae towards the Amazon mouth. A classification of the mangrove estuaries to identify types of estuaries and coastal sectors is urgently required to provide a tool for regional management systems in order to improve research, monitoring and conservation of this unique mangrove ecosystem.