The aim of this work was to evaluate periphytic desmids composition in the distinct regions to long of the axis the river-dam and the main biotic and abiotic factors that had affected the composition of this set in the Rosana (Paranapanema River) and "Salto do Vau" Reservoirs (Iguaçu River). The samples were collected in the summer and winter periods, during 2002. The substrata collected was petioles of the aquatic vegetation, in the adult stadium. In the results were registered 531 species and of these 191 are species of desmids, with 171 registered in the summer and 113 in the winter period. Of the 18 genera of desmids, Cosmarium Corda was most representative (34.2%) in Rosana and Closterium Nitzch ex Ralfs (30.8%) in "Salto do Vau" Reservoirs. Cluster analysis with all the showed species of desmids, sites and periods separated to both reservoirs, being that the periods were clearly evidenced only for the "Salto do Vau" Reservoir. The composition of the desmids in the three regions of Rosana varied in the two periods. Already in "Salto do Vau" the greatest richness occurred in the transition region.
aquatic macrophytes; periphytic desmids; periphyton; reservoirs
