42
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
1 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      Aspectos da história de vida de Bryconamericus microcephalus (Miranda Ribeiro) (Characiformes, Characidae) de um riacho costeiro de Mata Atlântica, Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Translated title: Life history aspects of Bryconamericus microcephalus (Miranda Ribeiro) (Characiformes, Characidae) from a coastal stream in Mata Atlântica, Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Aspectos da história de vida de Bryconamericus microcephalus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1908) do córrego Andorinha (23º11'12"S, 44º12'02"W) foram analisados pela descrição da estrutura de tamanho, relação peso-comprimento e estratégia reprodutiva. Os exemplares estudados foram obtidos bimestralmente, por redes de espera e "picarés" (malhas entre 0,5 e 1,0 cm) entre novembro de 1999 e setembro de 2003. A estrutura de tamanho indicou que as fêmeas alcançaram maiores tamanhos que os machos e que ocorreram maior número de fêmeas nas classes de tamanho superiores a 5,3 cm. A relação peso-comprimento mostrou-se significativamente diferente entre os sexos e indicou que, para uma mesma classe de tamanho, as fêmeas foram mais pesadas que os machos. A proporção sexual foi de 2,2:1 (fêmea:macho). O tamanho médio da primeira maturação foi 4,2 cm sem diferenças entre os sexos. Foram registrados exemplares reprodutivos entre julho e fevereiro, com pico de reprodução entre setembro e dezembro, sem diferenças no padrão reprodutivo de exemplares de duas classes de tamanho. Os valores médios do Índice Gonadossomático de fêmeas maduras indicou que o investimento reprodutivo foi superior entre os exemplares de maior tamanho. A fecundidade variou de 1025 a 408 ovócitos para fêmeas de 7,0 cm e 5,4 cm, respectivamente. A relação entre o Pt e o número de ovócitos/g de Pt foi positiva indicando que espécimes maiores têm fecundidade mais elevada.

          Translated abstract

          Life-history aspects of Bryconamericus microcephalus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1908) from córrego Andorinha (23º11'12"S, 44º12'02"W) were assessed throught the length structure, length-weight relationship and reproductive strategy. Specimens were bimonthly sampled, between November 1999 and September 2003, through waiting nets and "picarés" (mesh size between 0,5 and 1,0 cm). Length structure showed that females attain bigger sizes then males and that higher number of females was registered for the length classes bigger than 5.3 cm. Length-weight relationship showed significant differences between sexes and indicates that, for individuals of the same size, females are weightier than males. Sex ratio was 2.2:1 (female: male). Size at first maturation was 4.2 cm without differences between sexes. Reproductive specimens were registered from July to February with the reproductive pike occurring from September to December without differences in the reproductive pattern of specimens belonging to two different standard length classes. Mean values of gonadosomatic index of ripe females of the same two standard length classes indicated that the reproductive investment are higher among bigger individuals. High values of fecundity (F) were registered varying from 408 to 1025 oocytes for fish of 5.4 and 7.0 cm respectively. Relationship between weight and number of oocytes/g was positive and indicated that bigger specimens produced more oocytes.

          Related collections

          Most cited references41

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: not found
          • Book: not found

          Patterns in Freshwater Fish Ecology

            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: not found
            • Article: not found

            Ecology of Teleost Fish

              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: found
              • Article: not found

              Life-history tactics: a review of the ideas.

              This review organizes ideas on the evolution of life histories. The key life-history traits are brood size, size of young, the age distribution of reproductive effort, the interaction of reproductive effort with adult mortality, and the variation in these traits among an individual's progeny. The general theoretical problem is to predict which combinations of traits will evolve in organisms living in specified circumstances. First consider single traits. Theorists have made the following predictions: (1) Where adult exceeds juvenile mortality, the organism should reproduce only once in its lifetime. Where juvenile exceeds adult mortality, the organism should reproduce several times. (2) Brood size should macimize the number of young surviving to maturity, summed over the lifetime of the parent. But when optimum brood-size unpredictably in time, smaller broods should be favored because they decrease the chances of total failure on a given attempt. (3) In expanding populations, selection should minimize age at maturity. In stable populations, when reproductive success depends on size, age, or social status, or when adult exceeds juvenile mortality, then maturation should be delayed, as it should be in declining populations. (4) Young should increase in size at birth with increased predation risk, and decrease in size with increased resource availability. Theorists have also predicted that only particular combinations of traits should occur in specified circumstances. (5) In growing populations, age at maturity should be minimized, reproductive effort concentrated early in life, and brood size increased. (6) One view holds that in stable environments, late maturity, broods, a few, large young, parental care, and small reproductive efforts should be favored (K-selection). In fluctuating environments, early maturity, many small young, reduced parental care, and large reproductive efforts should be favored (r-selection). (7) But another view holds that when juvenile mortality fluctuates more than adult mortality, the traits associated with stable and fluctuating environments should be reversed. We need experiments that test the assumptions and predictions reviewed here, more comprehensive theory that makes more readily falsifiable predictions, and examination of different definitions of fitness.
                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Journal
                rbzool
                Revista Brasileira de Zoologia
                Rev. Bras. Zool.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia (Curitiba, PR, Brazil )
                0101-8175
                March 2006
                : 23
                : 1
                : 228-233
                Affiliations
                [01] Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro orgnameUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes orgdiv2Departamento de Ecologia Brasil
                Article
                S0101-81752006000100016 S0101-8175(06)02300116
                10.1590/S0101-81752006000100016
                d150d37c-33ac-4df6-a2ed-94b79c7d118d

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 23 February 2006
                : 13 May 2005
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 26, Pages: 6
                Product

                SciELO Brazil


                peixes,dimorfismo sexual,Estratégia reprodutiva,seasonality,sexual dimorphism,reproductive strategy,Fishes,sazonalidade

                Comments

                Comment on this article