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The effect of an artificial reef system on the transient fish assemblages – south-eastern coast of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2014

Diogo Fonseca Da Rocha ,
Marcos Alberto Lima Franco ,
Pedro Vianna Gatts  and
Ilana Rosental Zalmon
Diogo Fonseca Da Rocha
Affiliation:
Environmental Science Lab, University of North Rio de Janeiro, Biosciences and Biotechnology Center, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos 28013-602, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marcos Alberto Lima Franco
Affiliation:
Environmental Science Lab, University of North Rio de Janeiro, Biosciences and Biotechnology Center, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos 28013-602, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pedro Vianna Gatts
Affiliation:
Environmental Science Lab, University of North Rio de Janeiro, Biosciences and Biotechnology Center, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos 28013-602, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ilana Rosental Zalmon*
Affiliation:
Environmental Science Lab, University of North Rio de Janeiro, Biosciences and Biotechnology Center, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos 28013-602, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: I.R. Zalmon, Environmental Science Lab, University of North Rio de Janeiro, Biosciences and Biotechnology Center, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos 28013-602, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil email: ilana@uenf.br
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Abstract

Artificial reefs (ARs) are often used to improve fishing and, consequently, the economy of a region. However, the way in which the species use the reefs may vary between fish assemblages. An assessment was made of the influence of an AR complex on the transient fish population off the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro state and, therefore, two control areas were sampled. Gillnets were used to capture individual fish in six sampling surveys. Cumulative abundance and biomass curves (ABC) were used to assess the possible effects of the reefs on the community's functional structure. In the dry season, during which the influence of the Paraíba do Sul River is smaller, a larger richness of r-strategy species and juveniles of K-strategy species was observed in the reef area compared with the control areas, suggesting that the AR acts as a protective environment for these species. During the lower river discharge period the results indicated a potential disturbance in the functional structure of the AR fish community and, therefore, a less stable environment relative to the control areas. This ‘instability’ warrants a positive connotation, as it indicates that the artificial reefs are harbouring species that are particularly sensitive to predation, making the reef a powerful tool for maintaining these populations on the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro.

Keywords

artificial reeftransient fishgillnetr-k strategylife historysoutheastern Brazil
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , May 2015 , pp. 635 - 646
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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