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Adaptive strategies of desmids in two tropical monomictic lakes in southeast Brazil: do morphometric differences promote life strategies selection?

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Adaptive strategies of desmids in two tropical monomictic lakes were studied in relation to morphometric differences. The study aimed at evaluating desmids' strategies during inter-annual succession patterns in two tropical lakes (Dom Helvécio and Carioca) in southeast Brazil. From monthly samples of freshwater algae collected during five consecutive years (2002–2006) from the two lakes, the desmids were classified according to size, life form, and life strategies (competitive, stress tolerant, and ruderal). Our results indicated that Lake Carioca (19º45′20″S, 42º37′12″W), a small, shallow, turbid, and mesotrophic system showed dominance of invasive/opportunistic taxa (C) and R-strategists (Staurastrum species <20 μm), whereas Lake Dom Helvécio (19º45′–19º48′45″S, 42º33′45″W), a large, deep, and clear system was dominated by ruderal (R) species (Closterium aciculare and Pleurotaenium trabecula >50 μm) and tolerant to stress (S) species (Staurastrum and Staurodesmus species >20 μm). A significant number of desmids from the lakes had low MLD (≤20 μm), low volume (<103), and high SV−1 ratio (>1). Consequently, C-strategist species were abundant and formed a group having great adaptive value in the lakes, with higher resilience and capacity to change composition after the turnover period. Stratification stability and atelomixis were the main driving forces to sustain high desmid biomass in these two lakes, despite the greater macrophyte richness and great water column depth at Lake Dom Helvécio and the main factor influencing richness and contribution of complex forms.

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LGB thanks CNPq, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, for doctoral scholarship and financial support of the Brazilian Long Term Ecological Research Program (Grant no. 520031/1998–1999); and CEMB also to CNPq, for Research Fellowship (Grant no. 303876/2004-2).

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    L. G. Barbosa

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  3. Center for Ecology Research, Instituto de Botânica, P.O. Box 68041, 04045-972, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    C. E. M. Bicudo

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Barbosa, L.G., Barbosa, F.A.R. & Bicudo, C.E.M. Adaptive strategies of desmids in two tropical monomictic lakes in southeast Brazil: do morphometric differences promote life strategies selection?. Hydrobiologia 710, 157–171 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1458-0

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