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Título: | Calcium fluxes in Hoplosternum littorale (tamoatá) exposed to different types of Amazonian waters |
Autor: | Baldisserotto, Bernardo Copatti, Carlos Eduardo Gomes, Levy de Carvalho Chagas, Edsandra Campos Brinn, Richard Philip Roubach, Rodrigo |
Palavras-chave: | Hoplosternum Littorale Pisces |
Data do documento: | 2009 |
Revista: | Neotropical Ichthyology |
É parte de: | Volume 7, Número 3, Pags. 465-470 |
Abstract: | Fishes that live in the Amazonian environment may be exposed to several kinds of waters: "black waters", containing high dissolved organic carbon and acidic pH, "white waters", with ten fold higher Ca2+ concentrations than black waters and neutral pH, and "clear waters", with two fold higher Ca2+ concentrations than black waters and also neutral pH. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyze Ca2+ fluxes in the facultative air-breather Hoplosternum littorale (tamoatá) exposed to different Amazonian waters. Fishes were acclimated in well water (similar to clear water) and later placed in individual chambers for Ca2+ fluxes measurements. After 4 h, water from the chambers was replaced by a different type of water. Transfer of tamoatás to ion-poor black or acidic black water resulted in net Ca2+ loss only in the first 2 h of experiment. However, transfer from black or acidic black water to white water led to only net Ca2+ influxes. The results obtained allowed us to conclude that transfer of tamoatás to ion-poor waters (black and acidic black water) led to transient net Ca2+ loss, while the amount of Ca2+ in the ion-rich white water seems adequate to prevent Ca2+ loss after transfer. Therefore, transfer of tamoatás between these Amazonian waters does not seem to result in serious Ca2+ disturbance. © 2009 Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia. |
DOI: | 10.1590/S1679-62252009005000002 |
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