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      Ictiofauna de embalses en cascada en el cauce de un río tropical andino Translated title: Ichthyofauna of cascade reservoirs in the channel of a tropical Andean river

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          Resumen El Concepto de Discontinuidad Serial afirma que la formación de embalses en cadena dentro de los ríos genera cambios en la estructura de la biota acuática que se acumulan a lo largo del cauce. En el río Porce (Cuenca del río Magdalena-Cauca, Colombia) se formaron dos embalses en cadena, los embalses Porce II y Porce III. Para conocer la respuesta del ensamblaje de peces dentro del sector del río que fue embalsado se tomaron muestras de cuatro periodos de lluvias abundantes y cuatro de menores lluvias entre los años 2011 y 2013, en sitios dentro de los dos embalses seleccionados según su posición en el eje longitudinal (cola, transición y presa); para eliminar el efecto de la profundidad en cada sitio se tomaron muestras a dos profundidades (superficial-fondo). Se capturaron 15 especies; 12 en Porce II y 10 en Porce III. Se observaron diferencias espaciales en cuanto a la composición y estructura de especies de peces, tanto en el eje longitudinal (cola-presa), como en el vertical (superficie-fondo). En el embalse Porce II, la riqueza y la abundancia de individuos disminuyeron en dirección cola-presa y fue mayor en la superficie que en el fondo; en el embalse Porce III, aunque la riqueza presentó la misma tendencia en el eje longitudinal, la abundancia fue mayor en el fondo que en la superficie. Las características del ensamblaje no estuvieron asociadas a los periodos pluviométricos en ninguno de los dos embalses. Se concluye que la composición y estructura del ensamblaje está definida por las características morfológicas del embalse, así como la edad y tiempo de retención hidráulica.

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          Abstract The Serial Discontinuity Concept affirms that the formation of reservoirs in cascade within rivers generates changes in the structure of the aquatic biota that accumulate along the basin. In the Porce River (Magdalena-Cauca River Basin, Colombia) two reservoirs were formed in cascade, Porce II and Porce III. To know the response of the fish assemblage in the sector of the river that was dammed, we collected samples during four periods of abundant rains and four of lesser rains from 2011 to 2013 from sites inside both reservoirs selected according to position on the longitudinal axis (tail, transition and dam). To eliminate the effect of depth, at every site, we took samples from two depths, surface and bottom. 15 species were captured; 12 in Porce II and 10 in Porce III. Differences in the composition and structure of the species of fish were found to vary depending on the location along the river flow (from tail to dam), and also by the water depth (surface to river bottom). In Porce II reservoir, the richness and the abundance of fish diminished in direction tail to dam and the abundance decreased from surface to bottom. In Porce III though the species richness presented the same trend along the longitudinal axis, the abundance was greater on the bottom that at the surface. The characteristics of the assemblage were not associated with the rainfall periods in either reservoir. One concludes that the composition and structure of the assemblage are defined by the morphologic characteristics of the reservoir, as well as the age and time of hydraulic retention.

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                Journal
                acbi
                Actualidades Biológicas
                Actu Biol
                Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia )
                0304-3584
                June 2018
                : 40
                : 108
                : 46-58
                Affiliations
                [1] Medellín Antioquía orgnameUniversidad de Antioquia orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales orgdiv2Instituto de Biología Colombia
                [2] orgnameInstituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad Alexander von Humboldt Colombia
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                S0304-35842018000100046
                10.17533/udea.acbi.v40n108a05
                dcac0cdf-c44a-47a7-a7dd-2ea4f4b920d3

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

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                : June 2017
                : April 2018
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                serial discontinuity,ensamblaje de peces,diversidad,peces de agua dulce,discontinuidad serial,río andino,fish assemblage,diversity,freshwater fishes,Andean river

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