Abstract
Pig farming plays an important role in the Brazilian economy, but it may trigger environmental issues, especially regarding the contamination of water resources. In this study, we evaluated the effects of the deposition of effluents from a pig farm on the phytoplankton assemblage composition and limnological parameters at different spots of the Divisa River - Fazenda São Luís, Aparecida de Minas/MG, Brazil. Over six months, we analyzed several variables at three different sampling sites on the surface of a coastal zone. We registered seventy-four phytoplankton genera, with Chlorophyceae and Cyanophyceae representing the most abundant classes, and Cryptophyceae and Cyanophyceae displaying the highest densities. The PERMANOVA analysis revealed dissimilarity between sampling sites P1 x P3 and P2 x P3, and the SIMPER analysis showed that Cryptophyceae and Cyanophyceae contributed to the observed dissimilarity. The correspondence canonical analysis (CCA) allowed the organization of sampled sites in three groups, in which the phytoplankton composition was distinguished according to trophic gradients. We concluded that pig farming effluents discharged without previous treatment into water bodies exert influences in both the phytoplankton community and the dynamics of its assemblage, by increasing total phosphorus and contributing for increased abundances of Cryptophyceae and Cyanophyceae in the last evaluated site (P3).
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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