STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF COMMUNITIES IN COASTAL RIVERS AND STREAMS FROM THE ATLANTIC FOREST - ITANHAÉM RIVER BASIN. - Brazil

Itanhaém River basin is located in the Center-South coastal of São Paulo State, Brazil(23° 50’ a 24° 15’ S; 46° 35’ a 47° 00’) have an area of 944.3 Km2, and is the larger coastal basin exclusively of the state. Itanhaém River basin has a great diversity of natural characteristics and different land uses that determines the occurrence of rivers and streams with distinct limnological characteristics. Within the PELD-ITA we aim to study different aquatic communities (fish, aquatic macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and perifiton) with concomitant samples and within a georeferenced basin. We already have data about landscape, riparian zone, and limnological variables that allows us to monitor spatial and temporal changes in the land use ...