Bibliographic citations
Hernández, D., (2016). Determinación del estado poblacional del Caiman crocodilus y Melanosuchus niger en la cuenca media del río Samiria – Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria - Loreto - Perú. [Tesis, Universidad de la Amazonía Peruana]. http://repositorio.unapiquitos.edu.pe/handle/20.500.12737/4199
Hernández, D., Determinación del estado poblacional del Caiman crocodilus y Melanosuchus niger en la cuenca media del río Samiria – Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria - Loreto - Perú. [Tesis]. : Universidad de la Amazonía Peruana; 2016. http://repositorio.unapiquitos.edu.pe/handle/20.500.12737/4199
@misc{renati/970671,
title = "Determinación del estado poblacional del Caiman crocodilus y Melanosuchus niger en la cuenca media del río Samiria – Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria - Loreto - Perú.",
author = "Hernández Rojas, Diego Patricio",
publisher = "Universidad de la Amazonía Peruana",
year = "2016"
}
In the Amazonian habitats alligators play an important role contributing to the flow of nutrients between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In this study the population status of C. crocodilus and M. niger was evaluated in three areas (Ungurahui, wishto-Yanayacu and Tacshacocha) of the middle basin of the Samiria river, by estimating their abundance and distribution in the different waterbodies of the middle basin of the Samiria river. Evaluations were carried out by nocturnal counting in aquatic transects. The abundance of C. crocodilus was 0,35ind/km in Ungurahui and Wishto-Yanayacu and 0,52 ind/km in Tacshacocha; for M. niger was 0,09 ind/km in Ungurahui, 0,53 ind/km in Wishto-Yanayacu and 0,74 ind/km in Tacshacocha, registering significant difference in the abundances of M. niger (p = 0,0302). The distribution in water bodies showed that both species have predominant abundance in the streams of Ungurahui area, while in Wishto-Yanayacu C. crocodilus was more abundant in river and M niger was in the lake; in the Tacshacocha area both species have predominant abundance in the river. In conclusion, both species are in good population status, however abundances registered are low compared to other areas of the Amazonia like the rivers of Madre de Dios and Manu National Park; also both species are sympatric in terms of habitat and the highest abundance was reported in the area Tacshacocha for both species, followed by Wishto- Yanayacu and Ungurahui respectively.
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