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Temporal and spatial distributions of the fish larval assemblages of the Ivinheima River sub-basin (Brazil)

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Fish, like other animals, choose environments for reproduction that are favorable for their offspring’s initial development. For example, these environments may be chosen to provide shelter and food. This study examined the fish larvae inhabiting the Ivinheima River sub-basin. The study aimed to (i) characterize the taxonomic composition of the larval fish fauna, (ii) analyze the structure of the larval assemblage, and (iii) verify the relationship between the larval assemblages and environmental variables. The sampling areas included three environments: the Ivinheima River, the Finado Raimundo Lagoon and the Patos Lagoon. Sampling was performed between October 2002 and March 2006 during four reproductive periods (RPs). The data were analyzed with correspondence analysis (CA) and canonical correlation analysis (CCA). A total of 120 619 larvae were collected. These larvae belonged to several species characterized by different reproductive strategies. Our results showed differences between the composition of the Ivinheima River’s assemblages, where there were more larvae of migratory fish, and the lagoons, where larvae of sedentary species were predominant. In addition, differences were found among the RPs evaluated in the Ivinheima River: the first and second RPs were characterized by milder floods and by a greater abundance of migratory piscivore larvae, whereas the third and fourth RPs had more outflow and a greater abundance of larvae of detritivore and omnivore species. We conclude that the Ivinheima River plays a significant role in the maintenance of native migratory fish stocks in the upper Paraná River basin and that the environment shows a segregation of the spatial and temporal composition and abundance of larvae related to running and flooding/standing water.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the Universidade Estadual de Maringá and Nupélia (Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura) for supporting the research and granting a scientific initiation scholarship to the project’s college students, PELD/CNPq (Process no. 520.026/98-5) and CNPq (Process no. 476162/2004-1) for making the project possible, our friends Alfredo Soares, Sebastião Rodrigues and Valmir Alves Teixeira for their assistance with the fieldwork and our friends from the Ichthyoplankton Laboratory (Nupélia/UEM) for help with the laboratory analyses.

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    David Augusto Reynalte-Tataje, Angelo Antônio Agostinho & Andréa Bialetzki

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Reynalte-Tataje, D.A., Agostinho, A.A. & Bialetzki, A. Temporal and spatial distributions of the fish larval assemblages of the Ivinheima River sub-basin (Brazil). Environ Biol Fish 96, 811–822 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-012-0073-7

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