This research was supported by the Programa de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento of Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais(CEMIG)P&D Aneel-Cemig GT-599 and MSL received a post-doc scholarship from this Project,and from CAPES(PDPG-AMAZONIA-LEGAL Project 88887.510266/2020–00);Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnologico(CNPq;research productivity grants 304060/2020-8 to MC and 316489/2021-2 to JCS),FAPEMIG research grant to MC(PPM 00104-18);Coordenaçao de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior(CAPES)–Finance Code 001.
In areas highly affected by anthropogenic disturbances,artificial(human-made)freshwater ecosystems can provide habitat for maintaining and conserving regional freshwater biodiversity.We assessed how the physical habit...
supported by Coordenaç~ao de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior(CAPES)–Finance Code 001.MC was awarded Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnologico(CNPq)research productivity grant 304,060/2020-8 and Fundaç~ao de Amparoa Pesquisa de Minas Gerais(FAPEMIG)research grant PPM 00104-18.DMPC received a postdoctoral scholarship from P&D Aneel-Cemig GT-611.MSL received a postdoctoral scholarship from P&D Aneel-Cemig GT-599.RMH received a Fulbright Brasil grant.This work was partially supported by the CNPq for funding the Long-Term Ecological Research“PELD Campos Rupestres da Serra do Cipo”(grant number No.442694/2020-2).The authors have no financial or proprietary interests in any material discussed in this article.The authors are grateful to the colleagues of the Laboratorio de Ecologia de Bentos(ICB-UFMG)for field and laboratory assistance.
Despite long-standing interest,the mechanisms driving aquatic macroinvertebrate drift in tropical streams remain poorly understood.Therefore,the objective of this study was to evaluate which environmental metrics driv...
Fundaçao Grupo Boticario deProteçao a Natureza;Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnologico,Grant/Award Number:CNPq No.303548/2017-7;Coordenaçao de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.
The determination of natural variation in physical habitat conditions and the establishment of least-disturbed reference standards is important for ecosystem conservation.Tropical regions hold most of the global fresh...
This research has been continually funded by Programa Peixe Vivo/Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais,Programa de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnologico do Setor de Energia Eletrica-Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais(P&D Aneel-Cemig GT-487,GT-550,GT-599,and GT-611);by Fundaçao de Amparoa Pesquisa de Minas Gerais(APQ-01961-15);This study was financed in part by CAPES-Finance Code 001.MC was awarded National Council for Scientific&Technological Development(CNPq)research productivity grants(304060/2020-8);by Fundaçao de Amparoa Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais research grant(PPM 00104-18).DRM received support from CNPq(309763/2020-7);The Coordenaçao de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brasil(CAPES)provided grants to RLM.The team of undergraduate and graduate students of the Laboratorio de Ecologia de Bentos/ICB-UFMG supported the field activities.
Freshwater gastropods play a pivotal role in the structure and functioning of freshwater ecosystems,but despite their importance,there are still gaps in their ecology.Our goal was to understand what physical habitat f...