Title
Diversity and state of conservation of Amazonian waterbodies in the Northeast of Peru
Other title
[Diversidad y el estado de conservación de cuerpos de agua Amazónicos en el nororiente del Perú]
Date Issued
01 July 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The present paper describes the diversity and state of conservation, determinate by a rapid biological inventory, carried out since October 24 to 30 of 2005, at the Amazonian waterbodies from Northeast of Peru, between 680 and 133 m of altitude, among Tarapoto (San Martin) and Yurimaguas (Loreto). Data and samples were collected in 26 stations. Planckton samples were collected with standard net (40 microns), benthos with Surber net and fishes with small mesh seines. Descriptions of each habitat included coordinates (UTM), and limnological characteristics (pH, temperature, conductivity, oxygen). The richness of species of fishes was of 95, dominated by Characiformes and Siluriformes. Richness of species in phytoplankton was of 74, in zooplankton, 22 species and in benthos of 20 species. The conservation state was determined using the Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) for fishes, and EPT index (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera) for the aquatic environments. The results indicate that in the better zones conserved were found in the around of Yurimaguas.
Start page
189
End page
193
Volume
13
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85045008444
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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