Coastal freshwater stream fish fauna from a threatened estuarine lagoon complex in northeastern Brazil

• Published in: Environmental biology of fishes Vol. 106; no. 12; pp. 2141 - 2156
• Main Authors: da Silva, Robert Germano Alves, Pérez-Mayorga, María Angélica, Romero, Renato Mei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anablepsoides; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; anthropogenic activities; Aquatic ecosystems; Astyanax; biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brackishwater environment; Brazil; Coastal streams; Composition; Environment; Estuaries; fauna; Fish; Forests; Freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Freshwater ecosystems; Freshwater fish; Freshwater fishes; Freshwater resources; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; Habitats; Human populations; humans; Hydrology; Ichthyofauna; Indigenous species; Inland water environment; Introduced species; Lagoons; Land pollution; Land use; Life Sciences; Marine fishes; Native organisms; Nature Conservation; Oreochromis niloticus; Parotocinclus; Poecilia reticulata; Poecilia vivipara; pollution; Redundancy; Riparian land; Rivers; Stream pollution; Streams; Substrates; Tilapia; Watersheds; Zoology; Brazil; Disturbance gradient; Mundaú-Manguaba Estuarine Lagoon Complex – MMELC; Indicator species; Environmental stream quality

Freshwater ecosystems play a vital role in sustaining human populations; however, these environments are increasingly subject to human interference, driven by land use modifications, species introductions, pollution, and habitat loss. We sampled the ichthyofauna and collected environmental variables...