Cianobactérias de diferentes tipos de lagoas ("salina", "salitrada" e "baía") representativas do Pantanal da Nhecolândia, MS, Brasil

Diante da importância ecológica das cianobactérias e da escassez de informações mais detalhadas sobre estes organismos nos diversos sistemas aquáticos do Pantanal brasileiro, o objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a flora de cianobactérias de três lagoas do Pantanal da Nhecolândia. As lagoas estudadas são corpos d'água naturais, rasos (profundidade máxima 1,1 m), aproximadamente circulares e apresentam características limnológicas distintas. As amostras foram coletadas em períodos de seca e de cheia, entre 2004 e 2007. Foram identificadas 21 espécies de cianobactérias, com predominância da ordem Oscillatoriales (24% do total de espécies), seguida das ordens Synechococcales, Pseudanabaenales, Chroococcales e Nostocales, cada uma contribuindo com 19%. A lagoa Salina do Meio, de condições ambientais extremas, apresentou maior número de espécies de cianobactérias, 13 (62%). Nesta lagoa, florações de Anabaenopsis elenkinii Miller foram observadas principalmente nos períodos de seca. As lagoas Salitrada Campo Dora (9 espécies) e Baía da Sede Nhumirim (9) apresentaram riqueza de espécies iguais entre si, porém com composição distinta, provavelmente relacionada às diferentes condições ambientais das lagoas. Todas as espécies são citadas pela primeira vez para o Pantanal brasileiro.

Cyanobacteria from coastal lagoons of Southern Brazil: coccoid organisms

Considering the great ecological importance of the cyanobacteria and the need for more detailed information about these organisms in Brazilian waters, this paper provides taxonomic information about the unicellular cyanobacteria flora in lagoon systems along the coastal plains of Rio Grande do Sul State. Sampling was performed in different freshwater bodies along the eastern (Casamento Lake area) and western (near the city of Tapes) banks of the Patos Lagoon (30º40' S-30º10' S and 50º30' W-51º30' W). The samples were collected once in the rainy season and once in the dry season (from May 2003 to December 2003) using a plankton net (25 µm mesh) in pelagic and littoral zones, and by squeezing the submerged parts of aquatic macrophytes. Thirty one species belonging to the families Synechoccocaceae (7 taxa), Merismopediaceae (12 taxa), Chamaesiphonaceae (1 taxon), Microcystaceae (4) and Chroococcaceae (7 taxa) were identified. Among these species, five are reported for the first time in Rio Grande do Sul State: Chamaesiphon amethystinus (Rostafinski) Lemmermann, Chroococcus minimus (Keissler) Lemmermann, Coelomoron pusillum (Van Goor) Komárek, Coelosphaerium kuetzingeanum Naegeli, and Cyanodictyon tubiforme Cronberg.

Cyanobacteria from coastal lagoons of Southern Brazil: coccoid organisms

Considering the great ecological importance of the cyanobacteria and the need for more detailed information about these organisms in Brazilian waters, this paper provides taxonomic information about the unicellular cyanobacteria flora in lagoon systems along the coastal plains of Rio Grande do Sul State. Sampling was performed in different freshwater bodies along the eastern (Casamento Lake area) and western (near the city of Tapes) banks of the Patos Lagoon (30º40' S-30º10' S and 50º30' W-51º30' W). The samples were collected once in the rainy season and once in the dry season (from May 2003 to December 2003) using a plankton net (25 µm mesh) in pelagic and littoral zones, and by squeezing the submerged parts of aquatic macrophytes. Thirty one species belonging to the families Synechoccocaceae (7 taxa), Merismopediaceae (12 taxa), Chamaesiphonaceae (1 taxon), Microcystaceae (4) and Chroococcaceae (7 taxa) were identified. Among these species, five are reported for the first time in Rio Grande do Sul State: Chamaesiphon amethystinus (Rostafinski) Lemmermann, Chroococcus minimus (Keissler) Lemmermann, Coelomoron pusillum (Van Goor) Komárek, Coelosphaerium kuetzingeanum Naegeli, and Cyanodictyon tubiforme Cronberg.