Edinaldo Nelson dos Santos-SilvaInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia | inpa · Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CBIO)
Edinaldo Nelson dos Santos-Silva
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Actually I am working in experimental production of live food for Amazonian fish larvae, used in regional aquaculture.
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Introduction
My general interest is freshwater environments. Particularly planktonic organisms as microcrustaceans, rotiferans and fitoplankton. We are interested also in the anthropogenic impact in the Amazon freshwater environments and ways to protect them.
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November 2011 - present
June 2004 - present
Position
- Senior Researcher
Description
- Taxonomy and Ecology of aquatic microinvertebrates: enphasis on Crustacea and Rotifera
June 1998 - July 1999
Publications
Publications (89)
A new genus is proposed to accommodate a new hyporheic species of
Parastenocarididae found in the northern portion of the Espinhaço mountain range (Minas
Gerais, Brazil), in the Jequitinhonha Hydrographic basin. The new genus is included
within the Fontinalicaridinae due to the presence of a long male and female pereopod
five, the distal rim of whi...
• An undescribed diaptomid copepod probably belonging to a new Mastigodiaptomus species has been discovered and was very abundant in El Junco Lake (San Cristóbal Island, Ecuador) from 1966 until 2004. The species was not found in samples from 2007, 2008 or 2018.
• The loss of this key species from the lake coincides with the illegal introduction of...
Santaremicaris gen. nov. is proposed to accommodate Santaremicaris amazonensis sp. nov., a new species collected by Noodt from the hyporheic zone of the Amazonas River at Santarém, Brazil, and Parastenocaris santaremensis Noodt, 1963, which is redescribed and designated as the type species of the new genus. The new genus is recorded also from sever...
During a taxonomic study of the genus Notodiaptomus Kiefer 1936, taxonomic materials were located for N. iheringi, N. spinuliferus, N. henseni and N. deitersi, and all had their status investigated. Inconsistencies were found and are reported in this note, from the original details to the current typological situation. Nomenclatural conformations a...
The transfer of Encyonopsis frequentiformis Metzeltin & Krammer to the genus Gomphonema Ehrenberg is proposed based on observations using light and scanning electron microscopy. The taxon is characterized by lanceolate heteropolar valves, with both apices strongly capitate, two apical pore fields, and elongated areolae slit-like and the internal st...
An updated taxonomic review of the class Copepoda from the Neotropical Regions is presented in this chapter. Dichotomous identification keys to the lowest justifiable taxonomic level based on the most recent literature are provided for free-living cycloploid (including a small group of parasitic Ergasilidae), calanoid, and harpacticoid copepods. Bo...
A metodologia utilizada mostrou-se adequada para avaliação de ambientes aquáticos de áreas densamente urbanizadas. As águas do lago Acariquara são de boa qualidade e ainda conservam em parte suas características naturais. Estudos sobre corpos d'água urbanos são fundamentais para entendermos como a ocupação humana afeta os ambientes aquáticos, além...
O trabalho foi desenvolvido no Lago do Tupé, localizado na Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (REDES) do Tupé. A reserva tem cerca de 12.000 hectares e localiza-se na margem esquerda do rio Negro, a montante de Manaus, distante cerca de 25 quilômetros em linha reta do centro da cidade. Florestas de terra-firme e de igapó constituem a vegetação...
Os ecossistemas aquáticos sofrem com as atividades antrópicas, que alteram suas condições físicas e químicas e inviabilizam a sobrevivência dos seres vivos que neles habitam. A qualidade dos ecossistemas aquáticos pode ser avaliada através das características físicas e químicas da água, insuficientes para definir as reações do ambiente aos agentes...
Anualmente as doenças em pisciculturas respondem por perdas de 102 bilhões de dólares em todo o mundo, principalmente devido a limitações na detecção precoce de patógenos. O DNA ambiental chega como uma ferramenta mundialmente usada por sua capacidade de monitorar e detectar a presença de organismos. O tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) é o segundo pe...
Cento e onze (111) morfoespécies de algas colonizaram o substrato. Bacillaryophyceae (41%) e Clorophyceae (23%) foram mais abundantes. Actinella (12 morfoesécies), Eunotia (10 morfoespécies) e Scenedesmus (6 morfoespécies) foram os mais representativos. A densidade foi de 48 x 10³ a 170 x 10³ Ind.ml¹ e foi distinta entre o braço primário e secundár...
Every year fish farming diseases respond to 102 billion dollars in losses worldwide, mostly due to limitations in early pathogen detection. Environmental DNA (eDNA) arrives as a tool worldwide used by its capacity to monitor and detect the organism’s presence. On Tambaqui’s farming Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae (Acanthocephala) is the bottle-neck. N....
O perifíton é um conjunto de microrganismos (algas, bactérias, fungos e animais) que vivem aderidos a substratos, no perifíton, as algas apresentam relevante importância nos sistemas aquáticos, além de atuarem como um dos principais produtores na cadeia alimentar, estão diretamente envolvidas na ciclagem de nutrientes, sendo também usados como bioi...
Dieta da planta carnívora aquática Utricularia foliosa L.
(Lentibulareaceae) de um lago de água preta da Amazônia.
Dieta da Planta Carnívora Utricularia foliosa L. (lentibulariaceae) em um lago de água preta da Amazônia.
Santaremicaris gen. nov. is proposed to accommodate Parastenocaris santaremensis and a new species collected by Noodt from the groundwater of the Amazonas River at Santarém, Brazil. The new genus is closely related to Murunducaris Reid, 1994, both sharing conspicuous ornamentation on inner margin of the basis of male first P1, composed by a hypertr...
An annotated checklist of the free-living freshwater Copepoda recorded in different regions in Ecuador (including the Amazon, the Andes, the coastal region, and the Galapagos Islands) is here provided. We revised all published records, critically evaluated the validity of each taxon and provided short taxonomic and biogeographical remarks for each...
Resumo A estimativa do biovolume celular, baseada em medidas de dimensões lineares da forma, adaptadas a modelos geométricos padronizados, é importante para o estudo da ecologia do fitoplâncton. Contudo, cálculos demorados são demandados para a estimativa do biovolume a partir de medidas lineares. Neste trabalho, uma ferramenta de software simples...
An annotated checklist of the free-living freshwater Copepoda recorded at different regions in Ecuador (including the Amazon, Andes, Coastal Ecuador, and the Galápagos Islands) is here provided. We revised all published records, critically evaluated the validity of each taxon and provided short taxonomic and biogeographical remarks for each one. A...
The “nordestinus complex” was created,
defined and extended by Wright in 1935 and 1936,
containing up to to 11 species (Diaptomus
nordestinus, D. deitersi, D. henseni, D. amazonicus,
D. iheringi, D. cearensis, D. dahli, D. isabelae, D.
jatobensis, D. conifer e D. inflatus). Kiefer, in 1936,
utilized seven species that were already part of this
comp...
The practice of indoor larviculture can be an alternative to enhance the rearing of arapaima larvae, improving their survival and the supply of arapaima juveniles for the grow-out stage. We aimed to evaluate different live microcrustaceans as feed for arapaima larvae to verify groups that can be safely used in laboratory trials, as well as in comme...
The Sciaenidae include four genera (Pachypops, Pachyurus, Petilippinis and Plagioscion) and about 20 species restricted to freshwater, distributed in South American rivers. In this paper, the distribution of 10 species of freshwater Sciaenidae occurring in the Amazon Basin, belonging to the genera Pachypops, Pachyurus, Petilippinis and Plagioscion,...
Phytoplanktonic organisms may be categorized as pico, nano and microplankton, and zooplanktonic organisms as micro, meso and macroplankton. Because they are different sizes, zooplanktonic organisms can feed on varying sizes of phytoplankton. The study objective was to test whether microcrustaceans and planktonic rotifers consumed pico-, nano-and mi...
The distributional patterns of 13 species of Diaptomus Westwood, 1836 were analyzed using the panbiogeographical method of track analysis. Locality records were compiled from the literature and mapped for the construction of individual tracks for each species. These tracks were superimposed to find the generalized tracks. Four generalized tracks we...
Zooplankton's in excavated tanks to feed larvae of some fish species is a widespread alternative among fish farmers in the Amazon. In this context, understanding the role of zooplankton's resistance forms in these environments has major relevance for the management and success of this activity. The main objective of this study was to investigate th...
Neste estudo foi investigada a história natural dos copépodes calanóides presentes em lago urbano de área preservada no lavrado de Roraima, norte da Amazônia. A espécie Notodiaptomus amazonicus (Wright, 1936) foi o único calanóide reconhecido para o ambiente e a proporção dos estágios ontogênicos (náuplius, copepoditos e adultos) dentro da sua estr...
For the past 10 years, studies have contributed greatly to knowledge regarding the composition and distribution of the planktonic cladocerans of Tupé Lake in Amazonas State, Brazil, but comparisons between these studies have not been made, and this would increase the comprehension of the ecology of these organisms and their environment. Periodicall...
Resumo Este artigo discute a influência das condições socioambientais na prevalência da Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica em duas comunidades ribeirinhas da (RDS) Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Tupé, Manaus, Amazonas, mediante estudo ecológico de grupos múltiplos e de análise contextual realizados com os moradores. Para delinear a etiologia...
A new stalk-forming diatom was observed at high relative abundances on periphytic samples collected in the Rio Negro hydrographic basin (Brazilian Amazon) and is here described using light and scanning electron microscopy. We also present ecological preferences of the new species. Eunotia amazonica sp. nov. co-dominated periphytic samples collected...
Resumo Nas últimas décadas, estudos com copépodes ciclopóides na bacia amazônica vem sendo realizados principalmente na região limnética, negligenciando a fauna existente na região litorânea. O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a composição, riqueza, abundância e distribuição das espécies de ciclopóides associados a diferentes compartimentos n...
The main goal of this work was to characterize the population structure of the copepod Notodiaptomus amazonicus present in an urban lake (Lake of Americanos) in a preserved area in Roraima's lavrado, Amazonia. This lake is the only remaining lake from a system of lakes that characterized the lavrado where the city of Boa Vista is located today, in...
Notodiaptomus cannarensis sp. n. is described from a reservoir on the Amazonian slope of the Ecuadorian Andes. The new species is unique among diaptomid calanoid copepods in the display of hypertrophied, symmetrical wing-like extensions at each side of the female composite genital somite. Furthermore, it displays a female urosome reduced to only tw...
The boundary zone between two different hydrological regimes is often a biologically enriched environment with distinct planktonic communities. In the center of the Amazon River basin, muddy white water of the Amazon River meets with black water of the Negro River, creating a conspicuous visible boundary spanning over 10 km along the Amazon River....
Average (mean ± SD) density (inds m−3) and relative density (%RA) of various cladoceran species at the Amazon (Solimões) and the Negro Rivers at the center of the Amazon basin
Average (mean ± SD) density (inds m−3) and relative density (%RA) of various copepod species at the Amazon (Solimões) and the Negro Rivers at the center of the Amazon basin
Average (mean ± SD) density (inds m−3) and relative density (%RA) of various insect larvae at the Amazon (Solimões) and the Negro Rivers at the center of the Amazon basin
Biological and environmental raw data
Biological data includes density of cladocerans, copepods, insect larvae and fish larvae. Environmental data includes water temperature, Secchi depth, and the concentrations of chlorophyll-a (chl-a) and particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON).
The boundary zone between two different hydrological regimes is often a biologically enriched environment with distinct planktonic communities. In the center of the Amazon River basin, muddy white water of the Amazon River meets with black water of the Negro River, creating a conspicuous visible boundary spanning over 10 km along the Amazon River....
Eirinicaris antonioi gen. et sp. n. (Parastenocaridinae) is described from the Brazilian rocky savannas, an ecosystem under heavy anthropogenic pressure. The subfamily is distributed worldwide, with representatives in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. This is the first time a non-Remaneicaris Parastenocaridinae is described from a...
Remaneicaris is a species-rich Neotropical monophyletic group, easily recognized by the synapomorphic position of the outer seta of the third exopodite of leg 4, localized at 2/3 of the outer margin. The genus, comprising 35 species in five monophyletic groups, plus R. ignotus and R. meyerabichi, retains an unusual set of plesiomorphic characters....
The boundary zone between two different hydrological regimes is often a biologically enriched environment with distinct planktonic communities. In the center of the Amazon River basin, muddy white water of the Amazon River meets with black water of the Negro River, creating a conspicuous visible boundary spanning over 10 km along the Amazon River....
The boundary zone between two different hydrological regimes is often a biologically enriched environment with distinct planktonic communities. In the center of the Amazon River basin, muddy white water of the Amazon River meets with black water of the Negro River, creating a conspicuous visible boundary spanning over 10 km along the Amazon River....
Economic conditions, such as access to land, reduced productivity, competition, transportation difficulties, and also the lack of opportunities, precarious and even lack of sources of income and work, are identified in demographic studies as the most important factors for population displacement. Understanding that the territorial permanence and co...
Social determinants of disease refers to the set of political factors, economic, behavioral, environmental and cultural that "place limits" or "put pressure" in the distribution of health and disease and harmful and protective aspects given to social groups in within and between societies. In this study, based on primary survey data and bibliograph...
Determinantes sociais das doenças referem-se ao conjunto de fatores de ordem política, econômica, comportamental, ambiental e cultural que "impõem limites" ou "exercem pressão" na distribuição da saúde e da doença e nos aspectos nocivos e protetivos dados aos grupos sociais no interior e entre sociedades. Neste estudo, com base em dados primários d...
Resumo: Com base em autores que tratam das contradições da sociedade capitalista e da efetivação dos direitos sociais, o presente artigo pretendeu analisar as estruturas de suporte às atividades coletivas na Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Tupé, Manaus, Amazonas, para verificar em que medida as populações tradicionais têm acesso às condiç...
TIn this study we present 208 new diaptomids records, including 36 species from 10 genera. They are the result of new samplings as well as of the revision of samples from previous surveys from various localities in the Neotropical Region. In an attempt to clear elucidate about the species ranges we gathered all biogeographically important data and...
genera of the Neotropical Diaptomidae might indicate a close relationship between vicariant events and the evolutionary history of the group. In addition, a similar pattern is expressed by less inclusive monophyletic groups within each monophyletic genus. The more we have reliable records, better we will be able to understand such patterns. In this...
The aim of this study was to identify patterns of vertical distribution of planktonic
cladocerean populations throughout the diel cycle, during the low and high
water periods, and its ecological implications for a black water Amazonian lake.
Tupé Lake is a black water lake located near the Brazilian city of Manaus. A
channel links the lake with the...
Resumo: A predação de organismos zooplanctônicos foi estudada no lago Tupé entre fevereiro de 2003 e fevereiro de 2004. Foram identificadas quatro espécies de peixes consideradas zooplanctófagas: Hypophthalmus edentatus, Hypophthalmus marginatus, Hypophthalmus fimbriatus e Lycengraulis sp. Lycengraulis não foi objeto deste estudo por terem sido cap...
RESUMO: O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a distribuição espaço-temporal da riqueza e abundância das espécies de microcrustáceos e rotiferos do plâncton do lago Tupé, durante um ciclo hidrológico regional. As coletas foram realizadas mensalmente, de março/2003 a fevereiro/2004, em doze estações de amostragem, compreendendo diferentes reg...
Three new species of the genus Remaneicaris from Southern and Southeast-ern Brazil are described. The new species are closely related to R. analuizae, R. euniceae, R. tageae and R. divae, sharing the presence of a hyaline margin on the 9th segment of male antennule. Remaneicaris itacambirucui sp.n., R. insolitus sp.n. and R. ivoneae sp.n. differ by...
Notodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 is the most abundant and speciose genus of freshwater calanoids in the Neotropical region. The type species, N. deitersi (Poppe, 1891) is in need of redescription but the type material is no longer extant and the type locality no longer exists. In order to avoid possible confusion over the identity of the type species of...
Members of the genus Brasilibathynellocaris Jakobi, 1972 are typical neotropical Parastenocarididae. Their geographical distribution ranges from Central America to southern Brazil, with species occurring on both sides of the Andes mountain chain. The genus can be characterized and easily identified by the following characters: leg 4 with two strong...
RESUMO-O sistema DELTA (Description Language for Taxonomy) consiste de um formato flexível para a codificação de descrições taxonômicas e um conjunto de programas para o manejo e organização da informação taxonômica, como construção de chaves dicotômicas, produção de descrições em linguagem natural e identificação interativa. Todavia, o sistema DEL...
RESUMO-O presente estudo teve como objetivo determinar a biomassa das 4 espécies mais abundantes de Cladocera do lago Tupé, coletadas na seca de 2005 e cheia de 2006, bem como analisar sua distribuição ao longo do ciclo nictemeral, tendo em vista que os dados numéricos de densidade, muitas vezes são insuficientes para o real entendimento da contrib...