Title
Limnological characteristics of the Amazonic Cashibococha Lake (Ucayali-Peru) at 2001
Other title
Caracterización limnológica de la laguna de Cashibococha (Ucayali-Perú) durante el año 2001
Date Issued
01 January 2003
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Cashibococha lagoon was studied during 2001 year. Three stations were bimonthly sampling. Cashibococha have greenish to brownish colour water, pH between 6 to 6,8, Conductivity 10 to 30 ìS.cm-1, Transparency 21 to 59 cm and Total Alkalinity 14 to 22 mg CaCO3 / L. Surface temperature were between 24,4 and 37° C and Dissolved Oxygen 1,3 and 7,4 mg / L. Bacteriological analysis report 350 to 3600 CFU / mL for mesophilic aerobic bacteria and 3 to 43 NMP / 100 mL for total Coliforms. A total of 47 species of Freshwater Macrophytes were recorded and mayor diversity was associated with inundation of the forest period (octubre - noviembre). A total of 52 phytoplankton species were found, Chlorophyta Division was the dominant and Actinastrum hantzschi, Spirogyra sp., Eudorina elegans, Pandorina morum y Closterium kuetzingui were the principal species. In zooplankton community was recorded 54 species and the taxa dominant was Rotifera with Brachionus patulus macracanthus and Polyarthra vulgaris as principal species. Characiforms fishes was dominant and Curimata vittata the principal specie. Shannon-Wiener diversity index were highest to 3,0 bits. ind-1 in all places and times of sampling.
Start page
183
End page
194
Volume
10
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Acuicultura
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84971640819
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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