Composition and structure of Tanaidacea assemblages associated to algae Sargassum cymosum banks for a successional process

• Grant number: 16/09607-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2016
• End date: July 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Fosca Pedini Pereira Leite
• Grantee: Camila Simões Soares
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The ecological succession is an event that consists in a change of the communities structure after an impact, which removes part of the local community, opening clearings. After impact, the community will go through a succession process, which begins with the arrival of the first individuals. These first subjects can be replaced until the end of the process. The aim of this project is to study the assemblies of Tanaidacea living associated with algae Sargassum cymosum over a succession process, to confirm that the change in substrate affects the species composition, the size of individuals, and the sex ratio. 32 disturbances were caused, simulating the opening of clearings and for a year was accompanied the colonization process of impact.