Composition and abundance of zooplankton community of an impacted estuarine lagoon in Northeast Brazil

• Published in: Brazilian journal of biology Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 12 - 24
• Main Authors: Almeida, LR, Costa, IS, Eskinazi-Sant'Anna, EM
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 01.02.2012
• Subjects: Acartia lilljeborgi; Animals; anthropogenic impacts; Aquaculture; Biodiversity; BIOLOGY; Biomass; Brackish; Brazil; Calanopia americana; Canals; Coastal ecosystems; composition; Copepoda - classification; copepods; Corycaeus; Crustaceans; Environmental changes; Environmental economics; Estuaries; estuarine lagoon; Eutrophication; Heterogeneity; Lagoons; Lakes; Marine; Marine ecosystems; Monstrilloida; Oithona; Paracalanus quasimodo; Parvocalanus crassirostris; Penaeidae; Plankton; Population Density; River ecology; Salinity; Seasons; Shellfish; Species composition; Urban agriculture; Urban sprawl; Zooplankton; Zooplankton - classification; Brazil; Rio Grande; estuarine lagoon; laguna estuarina; anthropogenic impacts; composição; copepods; composition; zooplankton; zooplâncton; impactos antrópicos; copépodos

Guaraíras Lagoon is a shallow coastal lagoon subject to intense human impacts, including shrimp aquaculture, urban expansion and agricultural activities, and is therefore vulnerable to eutrophication. With the aim of detecting the effects of human-mediated disturbance and environmental change in the...