Inventário, riqueza e distribuição espacial de Oligochaeta (Annelida, Clitellata) em ambientes lóticos de Mata Atlântica (Minas Gerais, Brasil)

Abstract

The present study aimed knows space richness and distribution of oligochaetes on first order streams situated on preserved areas. The dissertation is divided on two sections: the first one treats about a inventory containing information about ecology and geographic distribution of oligochaetes species indentified on eight streams located on State of Minas Gerais; the second one approach oligochaetes distribution in this streams, inserted on two vegetation types of Atlantic Forest ( Semidecidual Estacional Forest and Rupestres Fields); bring too an mesoscale approach through study of oligochaetes in riffles and pools mesohabitats. One hundred and sixty samples of litter was taken (eighty on riffles and eighty on pools), with Surber sampler, at the months of May, June, July and September of 2010 and June of 2011 on eight first order streams, situated on municipalities Juiz de Fora and Lima Duarte, State Minas Gerais. Twenty oligochaetes taxa was inventoried, of witch -Bratislavia (?) sp.- probably is a new specie, adding it up 4376 specimens. In terms of richness, the most representative genus was Pristina, with ten (10) species. Different areas vegetation types had the highest value of beta diversity index. As to mesohabitats, fauna don’t show separation between riffles and pools, indicating that factors related minor scale differences, like running speed, streams spread and depth, don’t affect on significative way on fauna distribution. The results obtained in this study came add to an important form to knowledge about distribution of oligochaetes species on Brazil, mainly on preserved lotic environments, sites with few studies performed.