Associações entre macroinvertebrados e peixes demersais na armação do Itapocoroy, Penha, Sc, Brasil

Abstract

In the period of January and December, 1995, there were collected by means of overtrawl, 12977 samples of macroinvertebrates and demersal fishes, in the Armação do Itapocoroy, Penha (SC), between the depths of 6 to 10 meters, in the periods of morning, afternoon, and evening. There were registered the incidence of 57 families, 80 kinds and 92 species distributed between the macroinvertebrates and demersal fishes. The families of greater incidence were: Portunidae (30.7%), Strombidae (11.4%), Sciaenidae (11.1%) and Bothidae (10.3%) which all together, contributed with 63.5% of the total samples. The grouping analysis presented greater diversity in the Winter (2.77) and smaller one in the Springtime (1,34); the amplitude of variation H' reflects the great number of species of both occasional and seasonal in the Armação do Itapocoroy. Key Words: Association, macroinvertebrates, demersal fishes, Armação do Itapocoroy