Planktonic diatoms in lotic and lentic environments in the Lago dos Tigres hydrologic system (Britânia, Goiás, Brazil) : Coscinodiscophyceae and Fragilariophyceae

Coscinodiscophyceae and Fragilariophyceae). A floristic study of Coscinodiscophyceae and Fragilariophyceae in the Lago dos Tigres hydrologic system is presented. Phytoplankton samples were collected with a plankton net (25 μm mesh) at 11 sampling stations, three in lotic areas and eight in lacustrine zones. Eleven species of Coscinodiscophyceae and eight of Fragilariophyceae were identified; descriptions, comments, their geographic distributions for the midwestern region of Brazil, type of environment (lentic/lotic), and illustrations are provided. Among the taxa found, 13 were recorded for the first time in midwestern Brazil: Aulacoseira alpigena, A. distans, A. granulata var. angustissima, A. granulata var. valida, A. muzzanensis, Discostella stelligera var. stelligera, Fragilaria capucina var. fragilarioides, F. delicatissima var. delicatissima, F. javanica, Pleurosira laevis, Staurosira acutirostrata, Staurosirella crassa, and Ulnaria ulna

Stenopterobia and Surirella (Bacillariophyceae, Surirellaceae) of Lago dos Tigres System, Britania, Goiás

O Sistema Lago dos Tigres, composto por ambientes lóticos (rios Água Limpa e Vermelho) e lênticos (Lago dos Tigres), possui grande importância para o turismo e agropecuária de Britânia, Goiás. Considerando a escassez de estudos sobre a diatomoflórula do Centro-Oeste do Brasil, este trabalho objetivou inventariar os táxons de Stenopterobia Brébisson e Surirella Turpin, pertencentes à família Surirellaceae, ocorrentes no plâncton do Sistema Lago dos Tigres, durante período de águas baixas. A amostragem foi realizada entre junho e novembro de 2004 em 11 estações, sendo as amostras fitoplanctônicas coletadas através de rede de plâncton de malha de 25 μm. Foram identificados 16 táxons infragenéricos, sendo dois do gênero Stenopterobia e 14 de Surirella. Surirella splendida (Ehrenberg) Kützing foi registrada em todas as estações. Stenopterobia delicatissima (Lewis) Brébisson e Stenopterobia pelagica Hustedt, Surirella biseriata var. constricta (Grunow) Hustedt, Surirella davidsonii Schmidt, Surirella didyma Kützing, Surirella linearis var. helvetica (Brun.) Meister, Surirella nervosa (A. Schmidt) Mayer, Surirella rorata Frenguelli e Surirella splendida (Ehrenberg) Kützing foram citações pioneiras para a região Centro-Oeste do Brasil. São fornecidos descrição, ilustrações e comentários para todos os táxons. _________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTLago dos Tigres System is composed of lotic habitats (Água Limpa and Vermelho rivers) and lentic habitats (Lago dos Tigres). It has great importance for tourism and agriculture in Britania, Goiás state. Considering the lack of studies on diatoms from central western Brazil, this work aimed to identify taxa of Stenopterobia Brébisson and Surirella Turpin, Surirellaceae family, occurring in the plankton of Lago dos Tigres System during the low water period. Sampling was done from June to November 2004 at 11 stations, using a 25-μm plankton net. Sixteen taxa were identified: two taxa were recorded for the genus Stenopterobia and 14 for the genus Surirella. Surirella splendida (Ehrenberg) Kützing was recorded at all stations. Stenopterobia delicatissima (Lewis) Brébisson and Stenopterobia pelagica Hustedt, Surirella biseriata var. constricta (Grunow) Hustedt, Surirella davidsonii Schmidt, Surirella didyma Kützing, Surirella linearis var. helvetica (Brun.) Meister, Surirella nervosa (A. Schmidt) Mayer, Surirella rorata Frenguelli and Surirella splendida (Ehrenberg) Kützing were registered for the first time in central western Brazil. A description, illustration and comments are given for each taxon

Planktonic Eunotiaceae Kützing (Bacillariophyceae) of Sistema Lago dos Tigres, Britânia, Goiás State, Brazil

This study aimed to survey the species of Eunotiaceae Kützing family occurring in the plankton of Sistema Lago dos Tigres (Britânia, Goiás State, 15º36'33,5''-15º22'8,7"S and 51º17'56,3''-51º16'91"W), environment composed of lotic and lentic areas. Sampling was conducted between June and November 2004 at 11 sampling stations, and samples were collected through a plankton net of 25 μm. Sistema Lago dos Tigres presented 22 taxa, one for Actinella and 21 belonging to Eunotia. Eunotia asterionelloides was the one most common species at sample stations and was recorded in all environments. Among the taxa, 10 are cited for the first time for the midwestern region of Brazil (Eunotia deficiens, E. diodonopsis, E. intermedia, E. longicollis, E. papilio, E. pileus, E. rabenhorstiana var. elongata, E. rabenhorstii var. monodon, E. trigibba, and E. tropico-arcus)

Phagotrophic algae in a wastewater stabilization pond

In the course of evolution, phagotrophic euglenoids developed before the phototrophic species. Most phagotrophic euglenoids have a robust feeding apparatus. Members of the algal genus Peranema are able to eat a wide variety of living organisms that have little or no mobility, such as other unicellular algae and live yeasts. Stabilization ponds are artificial environments rich in organic matter, nutrients and microorganisms, and are therefore suitable environments for growing species of Euglenophyta. This contribution records, through photographs and videos, the operation of the feeding apparatus of Peranema collected in a wastewater stabilization pond. The mean pheophytin content of the water was higher than the mean chlorophyll a content, which indicates a non-ideal environment for the growth of microalgae. Thus, Peranema can be used as a bioindicator of the quality of wastewater stabilization pond. The operation of the feeding apparatus of Peranema sp. and the strategy for phagocytizing plastids of Lepocinclis sp. are described

Determinantes da diversidade beta : a importância relativa de processos ambientais e espaciais na estrutura de comunidades fitoplanctônicas de uma planície de inundação amazônica

OBJETIVO: A diversidade beta é definida como as mudanças na composição de espécies ao longo de um gradiente ambiental, e atualmente, ecólogos têm investigado a influência de fatores locais (i.e. ambiente) e regionais (i.e. dispersão) na estrutura de comunidades. Os objetivos desse trabalho foram avaliar a diversidade beta da comunidade fitoplanctônica da planície de inundação do Curuaí e determinar a importância relativa dos processos ambientais e espaciais em sua estrutura; MÉTODO: A comunidade fitoplanctônica foi amostrada em 16 lagos da planície de inundação do Curuaí (Bacia Amazônica) durante o período de águas altas em 2002 e 2003. Usou-se a análise de redundância parcial (pRDA) para avaliar o efeito do ambiente (seis variáveis) e espacial (filtros espaciais) na variabilidade da composição da comunidade fitoplanctônica; RESULTADO: Foram registradas 156 espécies em dois anos de estudos, 122 espécies em 2002 e 66 espécies em 2003. A beta diversidade (índice βSIM) foi 0.889 em 2002 e 0.789 em 2003. A análise de partição da variância revelou que a maior parte da variação da comunidade fitoplanctônica não foi significativamente explicada pelos únicos efeitos ambientais e espaciais. No entanto, as variáveis ambientais no presente estudo apresentaram maior coeficiente de determinação do que as variáveis espaciais; CONCLUSÃO: Outros fatores afetaram a ausência de resultados significativos nos presentes dados, como variáveis locais não mensuradas (i.e. interações biológicas, hidrologia e outros) e eventos estocásticos. Dessa forma, sugerimos que variáveis como interações biológicas e outras variáveis locais sejam consideradas nesse tipo de análise para aumentar o poder de explicação e elucidar a variação da diversidade biológica.AIM: Beta diversity is defined as the change in species composition along environmental gradients, and in the present study, we investigated the influence of local (i.e., environmental) and regional (i.e., dispersal) factors in community structure. The aims of this study were to evaluate the beta diversity of phytoplankton communities in the Curuaí floodplain and to determine the relative importance of environmental and spatial processes in shaping phytoplankton community structure; METHOD: The phytoplankton communities were sampled in 16 lakes of the Curuaí floodplain (Amazon Basin) during high-water periods in 2002 and 2003. We used partial redundancy analysis (pRDA) to evaluate the pure effect of environmental (six variables) and spatial (spatial filter) variability on phytoplankton community composition; RESULTS: There were 156 taxa recorded in the two study years, including 122 algae species in 2002 and 66 algae species in 2003. The beta diversity that we measured (βSIM index) was 0.889 in 2002 and 0.789 in 2003. The partitioning variation demonstrated that the majority of variation in phytoplankton community structure was not significantly explained by pure environmental and pure spatial components. However, environmental variables presented a larger coefficient of determination than the spatial variable; CONCLUSION: Other factors than those we measured in this study, such as local variables (i.e., biotic interactions, hydrology, etc.) and stochastic events, affected the absence of significant results in our data. Therefore, we suggest that additional variables, such as biological interactions and other local factors, should be considered in this type of analysis to increase its explanatory power for understanding the variation of diversity in these communities

From scientific models to companion modelling: engaging a dialogue with local actors in an Amazonian floodplain about biodiversity management at a territorial level

The Amazonian floodplain is among the most productive and diversified ecosystems in the world. The moving littoral enables a rapid nutrient recycling, explaining the large productivity and biodiversity of the system. Attracted by such favourable conditions for agricultural activities and fishing, populations have settled in the floodplains and developed complementary activities to cope with important variations in their environment, between the flood season and the dry season. However, in the past decades, the rhythm of these floodplains has changed, obliging the actors to deal with great uncertainty. Based on several years of hydrological and biogeochemical studies to understand the reasons of these environmental changes, the “life scientists” of our team invited the “social scientists” with the following question: Can the results about the dynamics of these floodplains help local populations better anticipate the future fluctuations of the river and adapt their activities to be less vulnerable to such change? To address this, we first chose to turn the perspective around: what were the preoccupations and strategies of local populations and what did they expect from scientists? The challenge was to enable the perceptions and knowledge of local populations to dialogue with scientific knowledge. Based on a Companion Modelling approach, we engaged a participatory process to collectively discuss the current situation and possible future scenarios. Using a role-playing game as an interface for this dialogue, we have progressively built a model to integrate both the knowledge of the local actors regarding their practices and possible environmental impacts and the knowledge of the scientists on environmental dynamics. This has obliged researchers to learn to work together and simplify their knowledge, and requires finding common points of interest with local populations, translating “biodiversity” into concrete issues that have a meaning for local actors. (Texte intégral

Occurrence and autoecology of Acanthoceras zachariasii (Brun) Simonsen (Chaetocerales, Coscinodiscophyceae) in the Central-Northern Brazil

Apresenta-se a caracterização estrutural e ultraestrutural deAcanthoceras zachariasii (Brun) Simonsen, bem como, a distribuição geográfica da espécie nas bacias Amazônica e do Tocantins-Araguaia, Brasil, além da lectotipificação do táxon. Foram analisadas 454 amostras fitoplactônicas, sendo registrada a ocorrência de A. zachariasii em apenas 14. Do total de amostras coletadas nos estudos das duas bacias, apenas em 3,08% foram registrados representantes deA. zachariasii, demonstrando quão rara é a frequência de ocorrência do táxon. A espécie ocorreu em ambientes lênticos, mesotróficos a eutróficos, com pH variando de levemente ácidos a alcalinos.In this study we presented the structural and ultrastructural characterization of Acanthoceras zachariasii (Brun) Simonsen, as well as its geographical distribution in the Amazon River Basin and Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, Brazil, and provided the lectotypification of the taxon. We analyzed 454 phytoplanktonic samples, but the occurrence of A. zachariasiiwas recorded in only 14 of them. Of the total samples collected along the two basins, A. zachariasii was recorded only in 3.08%, which demonstrates the rarity of this taxon. This species was registered in lentic environments, with mesotrophic to eutrophic conditions, and pH varying from slightly acid to alkaline

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. Methods We used data from 3663 population-based studies with 222 million participants that measured height and weight in representative samples of the general population. We used a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends in the prevalence of different BMI categories, separately for adults (age ≥20 years) and school-aged children and adolescents (age 5–19 years), from 1990 to 2022 for 200 countries and territories. For adults, we report the individual and combined prevalence of underweight (BMI <18·5 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2). For schoolaged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI <2 SD below the median of the WHO growth reference) and obesity (BMI >2 SD above the median). Findings From 1990 to 2022, the combined prevalence of underweight and obesity in adults decreased in 11 countries (6%) for women and 17 (9%) for men with a posterior probability of at least 0·80 that the observed changes were true decreases. The combined prevalence increased in 162 countries (81%) for women and 140 countries (70%) for men with a posterior probability of at least 0·80. In 2022, the combined prevalence of underweight and obesity was highest in island nations in the Caribbean and Polynesia and Micronesia, and countries in the Middle East and north Africa. Obesity prevalence was higher than underweight with posterior probability of at least 0·80 in 177 countries (89%) for women and 145 (73%) for men in 2022, whereas the converse was true in 16 countries (8%) for women, and 39 (20%) for men. From 1990 to 2022, the combined prevalence of thinness and obesity decreased among girls in five countries (3%) and among boys in 15 countries (8%) with a posterior probability of at least 0·80, and increased among girls in 140 countries (70%) and boys in 137 countries (69%) with a posterior probability of at least 0·80. The countries with highest combined prevalence of thinness and obesity in school-aged children and adolescents in 2022 were in Polynesia and Micronesia and the Caribbean for both sexes, and Chile and Qatar for boys. Combined prevalence was also high in some countries in south Asia, such as India and Pakistan, where thinness remained prevalent despite having declined. In 2022, obesity in school-aged children and adolescents was more prevalent than thinness with a posterior probability of at least 0·80 among girls in 133 countries (67%) and boys in 125 countries (63%), whereas the converse was true in 35 countries (18%) and 42 countries (21%), respectively. In almost all countries for both adults and school-aged children and adolescents, the increases in double burden were driven by increases in obesity, and decreases in double burden by declining underweight or thinness. Interpretation The combined burden of underweight and obesity has increased in most countries, driven by an increase in obesity, while underweight and thinness remain prevalent in south Asia and parts of Africa. A healthy nutrition transition that enhances access to nutritious foods is needed to address the remaining burden of underweight while curbing and reversing the increase in obesit

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

Summary Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. Methods For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration. We applied a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends from 1985 to 2019 in mean height and mean BMI in 1-year age groups for ages 5–19 years. The model allowed for non-linear changes over time in mean height and mean BMI and for non-linear changes with age of children and adolescents, including periods of rapid growth during adolescence. Findings We pooled data from 2181 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in 65 million participants in 200 countries and territories. In 2019, we estimated a difference of 20 cm or higher in mean height of 19-year-old adolescents between countries with the tallest populations (the Netherlands, Montenegro, Estonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina for boys; and the Netherlands, Montenegro, Denmark, and Iceland for girls) and those with the shortest populations (Timor-Leste, Laos, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea for boys; and Guatemala, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Timor-Leste for girls). In the same year, the difference between the highest mean BMI (in Pacific island countries, Kuwait, Bahrain, The Bahamas, Chile, the USA, and New Zealand for both boys and girls and in South Africa for girls) and lowest mean BMI (in India, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia, and Chad for boys and girls; and in Japan and Romania for girls) was approximately 9–10 kg/m2. In some countries, children aged 5 years started with healthier height or BMI than the global median and, in some cases, as healthy as the best performing countries, but they became progressively less healthy compared with their comparators as they grew older by not growing as tall (eg, boys in Austria and Barbados, and girls in Belgium and Puerto Rico) or gaining too much weight for their height (eg, girls and boys in Kuwait, Bahrain, Fiji, Jamaica, and Mexico; and girls in South Africa and New Zealand). In other countries, growing children overtook the height of their comparators (eg, Latvia, Czech Republic, Morocco, and Iran) or curbed their weight gain (eg, Italy, France, and Croatia) in late childhood and adolescence. When changes in both height and BMI were considered, girls in South Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and some central Asian countries (eg, Armenia and Azerbaijan), and boys in central and western Europe (eg, Portugal, Denmark, Poland, and Montenegro) had the healthiest changes in anthropometric status over the past 3·5 decades because, compared with children and adolescents in other countries, they had a much larger gain in height than they did in BMI. The unhealthiest changes—gaining too little height, too much weight for their height compared with children in other countries, or both—occurred in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, New Zealand, and the USA for boys and girls; in Malaysia and some Pacific island nations for boys; and in Mexico for girls. Interpretation The height and BMI trajectories over age and time of school-aged children and adolescents are highly variable across countries, which indicates heterogeneous nutritional quality and lifelong health advantages and risks