Fauna florestal e fluvial nas residências dos moradores durante a enchente do Rio Jari-AP

Abstract

Most of the Amazonian cities built on the banks of a river are impacted by river floods in rainy seasons. The municipality of Laranjal do Jari, in the state of Amapá, specifically in the Old Power Plant Street is one of them, because it is built on stilts, which annually suffers from the flooding of the Jari River. This fact contributes to the appearance of species of forest fauna and river in the surroundings and, consequently, in the homes of residents, who already have empirical knowledge about some of these species. Thus, the present study aimed to carry out a survey of the forest fauna that appeared in the residences’ homes located on Old Power Plant Street during the flood of 2022. For this purpose, investigative research of the ex-post-facto type was carried out with an empirical field survey where the data collection was carried out through the application of a semi-structured interview with 1 resident over 18 years of age in each residence to identify the species that appeared in this period. The results demonstrate a large number of species of forest fauna occurring in the 79% residences, which belong to the class Reptilia, Mammalia, Arachnida and Actinopterygii, with the rainy season being the most favorable for the incidence of these animals in the study site.