Benthic ecology of Araçá Bay: analysis of fauna associated with sediment and relationship environment/biodiversity

• Grant number: 16/10810-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: July 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Antonia Cecília Zacagnini Amaral
• Grantee: Guilherme Nascimento Corte
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/50317-5 - Biodiversity and functioning of a subtropical coastal ecosystem: a contribution to integrated management, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

The Araçá Bay (Sao Sebastiao, São Paulo, Brazil) is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on São Paulo coast. This environment, however, is constantly threatened by human activities and requires integrated studies for its conservation. The analysis of changes in soft-sediment communities have become an important tool in the assessment and monitoring of the environmental quality. In this regard, the aim of this research project is to characterize the soft-sediment communities of Araçá Bay, investigating how these communities are structured and their relationship with different factors, including hydrodynamic processes, contaminants, geomorphological control and spatial and biotic variables. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CORTE, GUILHERME N.; SCHLACHER, THOMAS A.; CHECON, HELIO H.; BARBOZA, CARLOS A. M.; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; COELMAN, ROSS A.; AMARAL, ANTONIA CECILIA Z.. Storm effects on intertidal invertebrates: increased beta diversity of few individuals and species. PeerJ, v. 5, MAY 23 2017. (11/10130-3, 16/10810-8, 11/50317-5)

CHECON, HELIO H.; VIEIRA, DANILO C.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; SOUSA, EDIUNETTY C. P. M.; FONSECA, GUSTAVO; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. Defining soft bottom habitats and potential indicator species as tools for monitoring coastal systems: A case study in a subtropical bay. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT, v. 164, p. 11-pg., 2018-10-01. (11/50317-5, 16/10810-8)

CHECON, HELIO H.; VIEIRA, DANILO C.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; SOUSA, EDIUNETTY C. P. M.; FONSECA, GUSTAVO; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. Defining soft bottom habitats and potential indicator species as tools for monitoring coastal systems: A case study in a subtropical bay. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT, v. 164, n. SI, p. 68-78, OCT 1 2018. (16/10810-8, 11/50317-5)

CORTE, GUILHERME N.; CHECON, HELIO H.; SHAH ESMAEILI, YASMINA; LEFCHECK, JONATHAN S.; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. Mangrove fragments as key coastal reservoirs of taxonomic and functional biodiversity. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION, v. 30, n. 5, p. 1573-1593, APR 2021. (16/10810-8, 11/50317-5, 17/17071-9, 18/22036-0, 18/05099-9)

CHECON, HELIO H.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; MUNIZ, PABLO; BRAUKO, KALINA M.; DI DOMENICO, MAIKON; BICEGO, MARCIA C.; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; FIGUEIRA, RUBENS C. L.; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. Unraveling the performance of the benthic index AMBI in a subtropical bay: The effects of data transformations and exclusion of low-reliability sites. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 126, p. 438-448, JAN 2018. (16/10810-8, 11/50317-5)

CORTE, GUILHERME N.; GONCALVES-SOUZA, THIAGO; CHECON, HELIO H.; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; COLEMAN, ROSS A.; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. When time affects space: Dispersal ability and extreme weather events determine metacommunity organization in marine sediments. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 136, p. 139-152, MAY 2018. (11/10130-3, 11/50317-5, 16/10810-8, 17/17071-9)

GORMAN, DANIEL; CORTE, GUILHERME; CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Optimizing coastal and marine spatial planning through the use of high-resolution benthic sensitivity models. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, v. 82, p. 23-31, NOV 2017. (16/10810-8, 11/50317-5, 11/10130-3)

CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; CORTE, GUILHERME NASCIMENTO; SILVA, CAMILA FERNANDA; SCHAEFFER-NOVELLI, YARA; AMARAL, ANTONIA CECILIA Z.. Mangrove vegetation decreases density but does not affect species richness and trophic structure of intertidal polychaete assemblages. Hydrobiologia, v. 795, n. 1, p. 169-179, JUL 2017. (11/10130-3, 16/10810-8, 11/50317-5)

VIEIRA, DANILO CANDIDO; GALLUCCI, FABIANE; CORTE, GUILHERME NASCIMENTO; CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; ZACAGNINI AMARAL, ANTONIA CECILIA; FONSECA, GUSTAVO. The relative contribution of non-selection and selection processes in marine benthic assemblages. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 163, JAN 2021. (18/22036-0, 16/10810-8, 17/17071-9, 11/50317-5)

CORTE, GUILHERME NASCIMENTO; CHECON, HELIO H.; FONSECA, GUSTAVO; VIEIRA, DANILO CANDIDO; GALLUCCI, FABIANE; DI DOMENICO, MAIKON; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. Cross-taxon congruence in benthic communities: Searching for surrogates in marine sediments. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, v. 78, p. 173-182, JUL 2017. (11/10130-3, 16/10810-8, 11/50317-5)

CHECON, HELIO H.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; SHAH ESMAEILI, YASMINA M. L.; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. Nestedness patterns and the role of morphodynamics and spatial distance on sandy beach fauna: ecological hypotheses and conservation strategies. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 8, FEB 28 2018. (98/07090-3, 16/10810-8)