Olpidium gregarium, a chytrid fungus affecting rotifers populations in Rio Grande Reservoir, São Paulo State, Brazil

Autores/as

  • Patrícia do Amaral Meirinho Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia
  • Paula Yuri Nishimura Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia
  • Carmen Lidia Amorim Pires-Zottarelli Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Micologia
  • Viviane Mochini-Carlos Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental
  • Marcelo Luiz Martins Pompêo Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia

Palabras clave:

parasite, Chytridiomycota, Rotifera, zones

Resumen

A chytrid fungus Olpidium gregarium was found in Rio Grande Reservoir as rotifers populations' parasite. Along the reservoir central axis, the rotifers density decreased in the dam direction, while the density of affected rotifers by the chytrid fungus increased in the same direction. Moreover, some rotifers species were more affected than others, thus showing certain preference for some rotifers species. Thereby, this parasite may be interfering in the distribution of rotifers population in Rio Grande Reservoir. This is the first report of this species for Brazil.
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Publicado

03/01/2013

Cómo citar

Meirinho, P. do A., Nishimura, P. Y., Pires-Zottarelli, C. L. A., Mochini-Carlos, V., & Pompêo, M. L. M. (2013). Olpidium gregarium, a chytrid fungus affecting rotifers populations in Rio Grande Reservoir, São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 13(1). Recuperado a partir de //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1083

Número

Vol. 13 Núm. 1 (2013): v13n1

Sección

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