Volume 69
Can the Invertebrate Fauna Associated to Pelagic Sargassum Landings in the Brazilian Amazon Coast Aid Us to Understand its Origin and Dispersion?
Authors
Martinelli Filho, J.E., L.M. Morais, and D. Aviz Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2016
Pages: 203 - 204
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty eigth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Grand Cayman
Country: Cayman Islands
Abstract
Since 2011, large amounts of pelagic Sargassum were observed in many localities of the Caribbean (e.g. Gavio et al. 2015), and reported for the first time from off the Amazon (Széchy et al. 2012). However, the Sargassum landings in Brazilian beaches are even more recent than those at Caribbean shorelines, beginning at 2013. The intensification of the phenomena and consequent economical losses were observed during the years of 2014 and 2015, when tons of stranded algae were reported for Pará state, Brazilian amazon coast (Martinelli-Filho 2015). The phenomenon and impacts on local economy, based on fisheries and tourism, were highlighted by the local media.