%0 Journal Article 
%A Burns, Marcelo Dias de Mattos
%A Velasco, Gonzalo
%A Cheffe, Morevy Moreira
%T São Gonçalo Channel as an Ecological Corridor for the Movement of Migratory Fishes: Environmental History and Perspectives for Fishery Management in the Mirim Lagoon, South Brazil
%D 2019
%@ 2304-0963
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28755
%X Ecological corridors are important for maintaining
the flow of species between habitat patches. The analysis of historical records of the dam-sluice gate construction process and the ecology of known migratory
fishes in the Patos-Mirim hydrographic system reveals
large spatial scale environmental changes, such as the
loss of potential estuarine area of 2,536 km2
 and the
reduction of functional connectivity between the lagoons through the São Gonçalo channel corridor for
five species: Genidens barbus, Genidens planifrons, Genidens genidens (sea catfishes), Micropogonias furnieri (whitemouth croaker) and Mugil liza (Lebranche
mullet). Mitigation measures are indicated through
the operation of the sluice gate system as well as the
regulation of fishing along the São Gonçalo channel.

%K Habitat loss, connectivity, movement, coastal lagoons
%K Habitat loss
%K connectivity
%K movement
%K coastal lagoons
%K Pérdida de hábitat
%K conectividad
%K lagunas costeras
%~ Universidad de Cádiz