Arthropoda de solo em um ecossistema semi-?rido da regi?o neotropical: composi??o, variabilidade temporal e estratifica??o

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:10:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VirginiaFPA.pdf: 3161205 bytes, checksum: 32bf6716cae52aaaa41494cdf8ac9532 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-17 === Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior === Caatinga is an important laboratory for...

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Main Author: Ara?jo, Virg?nia Farias Pereira de
Other Authors: CPF:96425601434
Format: Others
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2014
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Online Access:http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/13047
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Summary:Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:10:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VirginiaFPA.pdf: 3161205 bytes, checksum: 32bf6716cae52aaaa41494cdf8ac9532 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-17 === Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior === Caatinga is an important laboratory for studies about arthropods adaptations and aclimatations because its precipitation is highly variable in time. We studied the effects of time variability over the composition of Arthropods in a caatinga area. The study was carried out at a preservation area on Almas Farm, S?o Jos? dos Cordeiros, Para?ba. Samples were collected in two 100 m long parallel transects, separated for a 30 m distance, in a dense tree dominated caatinga area, between August 2007 and July 2008. Samples were collected in each transect every 10 m. Ten soil samples were taken from each transect, both at 0-5 cm (A) and 5-10 cm (B) depth, resulting in 40 samples each month. The Berlese funnel method was used for fauna extraction. We registered 26 orders and the arthropods density in the soil ranged from 3237 to 22774 individuals.m-2 from January 2007 to March 2008, respectively. There was no difference between layers A and B regarding orders abundance and richness. The groups recorded include groups with few records or that had no records in the Caatinga region yet as Pauropoda, Psocoptera, Thysanoptera, Protura and Araneae. Acari was the most abundant group, with 66,7% of the total number of individuals. Soil Arthropods presented a positive correlation with soil moisture, vegetal cover, precipitation and real evapotranspiration. Increases in fauna richness and abundance were registered in February, a month after the beginning of the rainy season. A periodic rain events in arid and semiarid ecosystems triggers physiological responses in edafic organisms, like arthropods. Edafic arthropods respond to time variability in the Caatinga biome. This fauna variation has to be considered in studies of this ecosystem, because the variation of Arthropods composition in soil can affect the dynamics of the food web through time === A Caatinga ? um importante laborat?rio para estudos sobre as adapta??es e aclimata??es de Arthropoda, devido a uma alta varia??o temporal da precipita??o. Foram verificados os efeitos da variabilidade temporal sobre a composi??o de Arthropoda em uma ?rea de caatinga. O estudo foi realizado na Reserva Particular do Patrim?nio Nacional (RPPN) Fazenda Almas, S?o Jos? dos Cordeiros, Para?ba. A coleta foi realizada em dois transectos paralelos de 100 m, distantes 30 m entre si, em ?rea de caatinga arb?rea densa, durante o per?odo entre agosto de 2007 e julho de 2008. Em cada transecto, foram determinados 10 pontos de coleta, distanciados 10 m entre si, onde se retiraram 10 amostras do solo entre 0 e 5 cm (A) e 5 e 10 cm (B) de profundidade, totalizando 40 amostras mensais. O m?todo do funil de Berlese foi utilizado na extra??o da fauna. Foram registradas 26 ordens e a densidade de Arthropoda do solo variou de 3237 a 22774 indiv?duos.m-2 em janeiro de 2007 e mar?o de 2008, respectivamente. N?o houve diferen?a significativa entre as camadas A e B com rela??o a abund?ncia e riqueza de ordens. Grupos com poucos registros ou que n?o haviam sido inventariados na regi?o da caatinga foram registrados, como Pauropoda, Psocoptera, Thysanoptera, Protura e Araneae. Acari foi o grupo mais abundante com 66,7% do total de indiv?duos. Os Arthropoda de solo apresentaram correla??o positiva com a umidade do solo, cobertura vegetal, precipita??o e evapotranspira??o real. Foram registrados aumento na riqueza e na abund?ncia da fauna em fevereiro, um m?s ap?s o in?cio das chuvas. A ocorr?ncia de chuvas peri?dicas em ecossistemas ?ridos ou semi-?ridos aciona respostas fisiol?gicas em organismos ed?ficos, como os Arthropoda. Portanto, os Arthropoda ed?ficos respondem a variabilidade temporal em ?rea de caatinga. Esta varia??o da fauna tem implica??es potencialmente importantes no estudo do ecossistema, pois as mudan?as na composi??o de Arthropoda do solo podem afetar a din?mica da rede alimentar ao longo do tempo