Composition, richness and spatio-temporal variation of aquatic macrophytes in the river basin of Caxiuanã, Pará
Composition, Wealth, Aquatic Macrophytes, Caxiuanã.
Amazon wetlands make up about 8% of the Amazon biome. These areas are described based on their structural and floristic characteristics. The Caxiuanã River Basin, which is part of the Amazonian context, is located in the Caxiuanã National Forest, a conservation area in the Marajó Archipelago Region, Pará. This basin is formed by the Tocantins, Xingu, and Anapu rivers (in the lower portion), and stores a great diversity of aquatic macrophytes which compose a vast ecosystem. Aquatic macrophytes are a large group of plants visible to the naked eye, which inhabit different environments and play a large role in aquatic ecosystems. The aim of this work is to study the composition, richness and spatio-temporal variation, as well as understanding the structure of the aquatic macrophyte community in the Caxiuanã River Basin, in the Caxiuanã National Forest. The hypothesis raised in this study is that there is variation in the composition and richness of species of aquatic macrophytes in the analyzed banks, varying in the environment according to the flood flow. It is assumed that in the environment with the highest flood pulse, the richness of species is lower than in the environment with the lowest flood pulse. Sixteen macrophyte banks distributed in three different areas of the river basin will be studied. These have been monitored for a period of three years. It is intended to use analytical and statistical strategies to compare the structure of the macrophyte community in the three sampled regions.