Richness and biomass distribution of the mangrove macroalgal association in a subtropical estuary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/2675-2824069.21006irwmKeywords:
Bostrychia, Salinity gradient, Hierarchical sampling, Spatial scalesAbstract
The richness and biomass distribution of mangrove macroalgae were evaluated along the main salinity gradient of the
Paranaguá Bay subtropical estuarine complex in southern Brazil. We used a spatially hierarchical design to investigate the
spatial scales that contributed most to the variation in richness and biomass within the association. A total of eighteen taxa
of macroalgae and cyanobacteria were identified with nonlinear patterns of distribution. While richness correlated with
the salinity gradient, algal biomass did not follow the predicted pattern. Conversely, most of the mangrove macroalgae
distribution patterns were more related to small-scale processes than to salinity variation. These results indicated that
even though coastal regions are exposed to large-scale environmental processes, the somewhat disregarded small-scale
processes should be also considered to unravel patterns in biological distributions.
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