Brazil Reef Biodiversity - ILTER Coastal Habitats of Espírito Santo (Site: Gramuté)

The PELD (Long-term Program of Ecological Research) Coastal Habitats of Espírito Santo is part of the Brazilian LTER program and started in 2017. It is located on the Eastern Coast of Brazil, and includes coastal ecosystems including estuaries, mangroves, coastal reefs and rodolith beds. This is an innovative project to assess the temporal patterns in multiple coastal ecosystems in the East ern Brazil Marine Ecoregion, where there is a decadal warming trend. The program associates research and conservation, at three Conservation units: Coasta das Algas Environmental Protected Area (APACA), Santa Cruz Wildlife Refuge (RVSSC) and Municipal Reserves of Integral Protection of the mangroves of Piraquê-Açu and Piraquê-Mirim rivers (RPPAM). The project aims to investigate the interactions among abiotic, climatic and ecological dynamics in the benthic communities and Ichthyofauna assemblies associated with the estuaries, the mangroves and the Rhodolith beds. PELD-HCES counts with a research team coordinated by UFES in partnership with USP, UFBA, UFSB, UFF, UFPR, UNISUL, UFSC and the State University of Oregon, and funded by CNPQ, CAPES and FAPES.圣埃斯皮里图州海岸栖息地长期生态研究计划（PELD）隶属于巴西长期生态研究（LTER, Long-term Ecological Research）计划，于2017年启动。该站点坐落于巴西东海岸，涵盖河口、红树林、海岸礁及红藻砾石床（rhodolith beds）等多种海岸生态系统。本项目为创新性研究，旨在评估存在年代际变暖趋势的巴西东部海洋生态区内多类海岸生态系统的时间动态模式。该计划将科研与保护工作深度结合，覆盖三大保护单元：阿尔加斯海岸环境保护区（Coasta das Algas Environmental Protected Area，APACA）、圣克鲁斯野生动物保护区（Santa Cruz Wildlife Refuge，RVSSC），以及皮拉基-阿苏河与皮拉基-米林河红树林完整保护市级保护区（Municipal Reserves of Integral Protection of the mangroves of Piraquê-Açu and Piraquê-Mirim rivers，RPPAM）。 本项目旨在探究河口、红树林及红藻砾石床相关的底栖生物群落与鱼类群落（Ichthyofauna assemblies）中，非生物因子、气候因子与生态动态之间的相互作用关系。 PELD-HCES拥有一支由圣埃斯皮里图联邦大学（UFES）牵头的研究团队，与圣保罗大学（USP）、巴伊亚联邦大学（UFBA）、南巴伊亚联邦大学（UFSB）、弗鲁米嫩塞联邦大学（UFF）、巴拉那联邦大学（UFPR）、南圣卡塔琳娜大学（UNISUL）、圣卡塔琳娜联邦大学（UFSC）及俄勒冈州立大学（State University of Oregon）开展合作，项目由巴西国家科学技术发展委员会（CNPQ）、巴西高等教育人员发展协调局（CAPES）及圣埃斯皮里图州研究资助基金会（FAPES）资助。