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Fisiologia térmica e balanço hídrico em anfíbios anuros

Authors: Bovo, Rafael Parelli;

Fisiologia térmica e balanço hídrico em anfíbios anuros

Abstract

Temperatura e disponibilidade de água são fatores que afetam importantemente a ecologia, a fisiologia e o comportamento de anfíbios. Nesse sentido, estes animais necessitam apresentar uma série de características ecofisiológicas que permita a eles lidarem potencialmente com aspectos ambientais desafiadores. Na presente tese, objetivei explorar diferentes tópicos (gradientes ecológicos, doenças e atividade) enfocando a fisiologia térmica e o balanço hídrico de anfíbios. O primeiro capítulo apresenta uma introdução geral abordando um dos temas centrais da presente tese, a fisiologia térmica de anfíbios. Entretanto, este capítulo também explora a inter-relação entre regulação da temperatura corpórea e balanço de água. O segundo capítulo investiga se parâmetros fisiológicos associados à tolerância térmica e ao balanço hídrico, em cinco espécies de anfíbios anuros, variam ao longo de gradientes altitudinais em duas cadeias montanhosas, Serra do Mar e Serra da Mantiqueira, da Floresta Atlântica. O terceiro capítulo examina os potenciais efeitos da quitridiomicose - uma doença emergente causada por fungo, considerada responsável por declínios populacionais e extinções de anfíbios em todo o mundo devido a alterações osmorregulatórias cutâneas - sobre o balanço hídrico e mortalidade de espécies de anfíbios anuros do Brasil. O quarto capítulo investiga se a atividade de dispersão diurna em juvenis do sapo Dermatonotus muelleri estaria correlacionada com parâmetros fisiológicos associados à fisiologia térmica e balanço hídrico

Temperature and water availability are factors that affect, importantly, the ecology, physiology, and behavior of amphibians. In this sense, these animals need to present a number of ecophysiological characteristics that allows them to cope with potentially challenging environmental features. In this thesis, I aimed to explore different topics (ecological gradients, diseases, and activity) focusing on the thermal physiology and water balance of anuran amphibians. The first chapter presents a general introduction focused on one of the central themes of this thesis, the thermal physiology of amphibians. However, this chapter also explores the inter-relationship between body temperature regulation and water balance. The second chapter investigates whether or not physiological traits associated to thermal tolerances and water balance, in five anuran amphibians, vary along elevational gradients along two mountain ranges, Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueira, in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The third chapter examines the potential effects of chytridomycosis - an emerging fungal disease claimed to cause amphibian population declines and extinctions worldwide due to cutaneous osmoregulatory disorders - on the water balance and mortality of anuran species from Brazil. The fourth chapter investigates whether or not the diurnal activity of dispersing juveniles of the burrowing frog, Dermatonotus muelleri, might be correlated with physiological traits associated to thermal physiology and water balance

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBRC

Processo FAPESP: 10/20061-6

Country
Brazil
Keywords

Amphibians, Hidratação, Temperatura - Efeito fisiologico, Fisiologia veterinaria, Ecofisiologia, Anfíbio

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