Seasonal effects on hyporheic meiofauna structuring in sites with low and high urbanization in a South American tropical river
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Ecology, hill numbers, Beberibe River, meiobenthos, hyporheosResumo
Studies on meiofauna diversity and taxonomy are fundamental for a better understanding of their community structure. Hyporheic meiofauna has not been studied, as has the beach, marine, and estuarine meiofauna. The study aimed to characterize the Beberibe River meiofauna community at two points: one with high urbanization (HU) and the other with low urbanization (LU), both located in the Recife Metropolitan Region (RMR), Pernambuco, Brazil. Meiofaunistic responses to urbanization and seasonal effects were studied regarding distribution, abundance, richness, and diversity. These benthic organisms were collected in two different seasons (dry and wet seasons 2023) at depths of 0 to 5 cm and 5 to 10 cm at two different sampling points in a hyporheic environment. At the LU point, there is a remnant from the Atlantic Forest. The HU point is urbanized, suffering considerable domestic discharge of organic and solid waste. Grain size characterization, pH, temperature, and salinity were obtained in each sample point and season. The Hill numbers of integrated indices were used to quantify and ascertain taxonomic diversity. Nonparametric analyses were also carried out through Similarity Analysis (ANOSIM), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Permutational Analysis (PERMANOVA). The confidence interval adopted was 95%. 269 meiofauna individuals were found, with the highest abundance distributed in the wet season. There were significant differences in the distributions of the organisms at both points (p < 0.05) and between two sampling seasons (p<0.05). No significant difference was found for the depth stratification (p>0.05).Downloads
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