Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)

M Toledo-Piza, EG Baena, FCP Dagosta… - Neotropical …, 2024‏ - SciELO Brasil
Uma lista de peixes recentes e fósseis da Ordem Characiformes é apresentada e acredita-
se que a lista esteja completa até 2022. Ao todo, 47 colaboradores verificaram e forneceram …

[HTML][HTML] Fish consumption on the Amazon: a review of biodiversity, hydropower and food security issues

A Begossi, SV Salivonchyk, G Hallwass… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2018‏ - SciELO Brasil
The lack of knowledge about the majority of fish species harvested in Amazonian small-
scale fisheries, in association with impacts from hydroelectric power plants, may lead to …

Sustainable hydropower in the 21st century

EF Moran, MC Lopez, N Moore, N Müller… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
Hydropower has been the leading source of renewable energy across the world, accounting
for up to 71% of this supply as of 2016. This capacity was built up in North America and …

Conservation of migratory fishes in the Amazon basin

F Duponchelle, VJ Isaac… - Aquatic …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Amazon basin hosts the Earth's highest diversity of freshwater fish. Fish species have
adapted to the basin's size and seasonal dynamics by displaying a broad range of migratory …

The potential impact of new Andean dams on Amazon fluvial ecosystems

BR Forsberg, JM Melack, T Dunne, RB Barthem… - PloS one, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
Increased energy demand has led to plans for building many new dams in the western
Amazon, mostly in the Andean region. Historical data and mechanistic scenarios are used to …

Goliath catfish spawning in the far western Amazon confirmed by the distribution of mature adults, drifting larvae and migrating juveniles

RB Barthem, M Goulding, RG Leite, C Cañas… - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
We mapped the inferred long-distance migrations of four species of Amazonian goliath
catfishes (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii, B. platynemum, B. juruense and B. vaillantii) based …

A synthesis of the diversity of freshwater fish migrations in the Amazon basin

GA Herrera‐R, SA Heilpern, TBA Couto… - Fish and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the Amazon, the world's largest river basin, migrations within freshwater habitats are one
of the predominant life history strategies for fishes. The flood pulse and the extensive river …

Ecosystem‐based management of Amazon fisheries and wetlands

M Goulding, E Venticinque, MLB Ribeiro… - Fish and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Infrastructure development and overfishing in the Amazon make it imperative to define
adequate scales for the ecosystem‐based management of commercial fisheries and the …

[HTML][HTML] Risk assessment of mercury-contaminated fish consumption in the Brazilian Amazon: an ecological study

PC Basta, ACS de Vasconcellos, G Hallwass, D Yokota… - Toxics, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Mercury is one of the most dangerous contaminants on the planet. In recent years, evidence
of mercury contamination in the Amazon has significantly increased, notably due to gold …

The Downstream impacts of hydropower Dams and Indigenous and local knowledge: examples from the Peace–Athabasca, Mekong, and Amazon

IG Baird, RAM Silvano, B Parlee, M Poesch… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - Springer
There has been much written about the negative social and environmental impacts of large
hydropower dams, particularly the impacts on people and the environment caused by …