2021-08-242022-01-022021-08-242020-07-24http://200.133.126.212/jspui/handle/123456789/17This dissertation presents two chapters that include environmental assessment methods applied in the hydrographic basins of the Mundaú-Manguaba Estuarine-Lagoon Complex – MMELC. Degradation in CELMM has considerable environmental and socioeconomic impacts on riverside communities. We discuss how environmental, physical and spatial changes are related to chemical descriptors and the ecological response of the ichthyofauna of streams inserted in the system, aiming to test environmental diagnostic instruments for monitoring and managing impacts on rivers and coastal streams. Chapter I presents the application of the Habitat Integrity Index, a local physical assessment (80 m) already consolidated, and two proposals, one for adapting an index for landscape (1.6 km) and another for an index integrated to the two scales to equalize possible distortions. To understand the biological responses to the index values, two ecological estimators were evaluated species richness and percentage of Poecilia reticulata, in the fish community. The results are discussed in order to evaluate the ability to describe the indexes and estimators for local physical, spatial and biological characteristics. In Chapter II, the physical and chemical descriptors of the stream and ecotone were integrated with ecological descriptors. We tested the application of the Abundance and Biomass Curves (ABC) and the W statistic in the biological evaluation to detect environmental disturbance in the streams. The indicator species analysis (IndVal) was used to describe the species that characterize each land use and occupation group, and the Redundancy Analysis (RDA) was performed to identify the chemical and physical descriptors that structure the fish communities for each land use and occupation. In general, the evaluation methodologies used were able to describe the differences in the environments for each land use and occupation and relate the physical and chemical structuring of the streams to the fish community.Acesso AbertoMonitoramento Ambiental,Índices,Riachos costeiros,Ictiofauna.DissertaçãoCIENCIAS HUMANAS