Abstract

GARCIA, Mauricio; VERA, Antonio; BENETTI, Cesar Joao  and  BLANCO, Ligia. Identification and classification of freshwater microhabitats. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.1, pp.12-31. ISSN 2448-8445.

A series of microhabitats related to freshwater, and their respective classification habitalogical identified by proposing a scientific discipline called Habitalogy. They are grouped into a set of systems: system residual leaf litter, runoff system, phytotelmata system, thermal system, troglobitic system morichal system and anthropogenic system and kept those already established as the limnic systems (lentic and lotic). A number of different wet rooms in aquatic ecosystems of Venezuela is studied, based on the collection and semi aquatic insects, mostly beetles is studied. Three natural freshwater wetlands are discussed in Venezuela as the coastal, marsh and lake, plus wet spaces generated by human action. Among the wet rooms they were differentiated: Anpógeno, Atrix, Axis, Caenum, Caulae, Ediscon, Folia Decidunt, Glarea, Hercircum, Hygropetric, Humu, Madidu, Petra, Rabpet, Radix, Ramentum, Raupet, Spaqua, Spathis, Supaqua, Termali, Trogli, and Xilonaq. And they characterized individually association evident overlap and location of each system is shown. A classification table is presented from the point of view of Habitalogy and scheme habitalogical the microhabitats as well as photographs of microhabitats.

Keywords : habitalogy; wetland; aquatic insects; microhabitat systems; Venezuela.

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