Identification of biodiversity found on the rocky shore of Caramborê beach, Peruíbe, São Paulo, Brazil Barbara Faria Lourenço, Edinéia Farraboti, Neilton Carvalho, Antonio Rosendo, Katia Domingues Blotta, Roseli Baraçal, Walter Barrella

Abstract

One of the ecosystems considered most important in the coastal region are the rocky shores, due to their environmental heterogeneity that occurs within a few meters and high biodiversity. However, it is a place subject to disturbances that cause the displacement of organisms that were unable to live in this environment. With this in mind, the present study aimed to identify the distribution of living beings found in the rocky shore region that are influenced by abiotic factors on Caramborê beach, in the municipality of Peruíbe in São Paulo, Brazil. A region with the greatest impact of waves was delimited and, from this space, the identification and quantification of organisms was carried out through plots. As a result, it was possible to state that the analyzed region does not have a wide variety of organisms, identifying the main Brachidontes darwinianus, Chthamalus bisinuatus and Echinolittorina sp, which appear in greater quantities. It can be concluded that the area does not have a diversity of organisms as in the region where there is no direct influence of waves, but this part of the coast is home to animals adapted to survive irregular environmental conditions.