Cyanobacteria bloom: selective filter for zooplankton?

Abstract

The Ibirité reservoir is an urban and eutrophic environment, with regular occurrences of cyanobacteria blooms. The reservoir is warm monomict and remains stratified most of the year, circulating in the dry season (winter). During the hydrological cycle of October/07 to October/08 there were four scenarios with different environmental conditions, which influenced the structure of the zooplankton community, as confirmed in a previous study. Changes in the zooplankton community structure between the scenarios were studied, aiming at analyzing the stability and persistence of this community. The Spearman's coefficient of correlation was used to measure the stability; the persistence was evaluated through a cluster analysis and changes in community composition were estimated by the "temporal" β diversity index. Considering the distribution patterns of abundance, the community was stable only in the transition between scenarios 1 and 2 (n = 30, r = 0.71, p = 0.00001), when there were no cyanobacteria blooms. The persistence of zooplankton between the scenarios was low, showing a distinct species composition for each scenario. The highest variations in species composition, observed by the values of temporal β diversity index, were the transitions between scenarios 3-0 (1.45) and 0-1 (1.05), and the lowest variations occurred in the transition between scenarios 1-2 (0.57). The results suggest that the cyanobacteria blooms at Ibirité reservoir are be acting as "selective filters", and are, thus, disturbances with sufficient ability to change the structure of the zooplankton community.Keywords: Urban Reservoir, zooplankton, bloom of cyanobacteria, stability, persistence. Floração de cianobactéria: filtro seletivo para zooplâncton?Resumo O reservatório de Ibirité é um ambiente urbano, eutrófico com periódicas ocorrências de florações de cianobactérias. O padrão de mistura deste reservatório é monomítico quente, permanecendo estratificado a maior parte do ano, circulando na estação seca (inverno). Durante o ciclo hidrológico de outubro/07 a outubro/08, ocorreram quatro cenários com condições ambientais distintas, que influenciaram na estruturação da comunidade zooplanctônica, conforme observado em estudo prévio. As mudanças na estrutura da comunidade zooplanctônica entre os cenários foram estudadas objetivando analisar a estabilidade e persistência desta comunidade. O coeficiente de correlação de Spearman foi utilizado para medir a estabilidade; a persistência foi considerada por meio de uma análise de agrupamento; e as mudanças na composição da comunidade foram estimadas através do índice de diversidade β temporal. A comunidade foi estável, considerando os padrões de distribuição da abundância, somente na transição entre os cenários 1 e 2 (n=30; r= 0,71; p=0,00001), nos quais não foram observadas florações de cianobactérias. A persistência do zooplâncton entre os cenários foi baixa, apresentando composições de espécies distintas. As maiores variações na composição das espécies, estimadas através dos valores de dive...

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