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 …

A Synthesis of the Ecology and Conservation of Pseudoplatystoma Catfishes in the Neotropics

LA Pereira, L Castello, DJ Orth, F Duponchelle… - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Species of the genus Pseudoplatystoma, the long-whiskered catfishes, are important in
commercial and recreational fisheries in South America, and some species have become …

Vulnerability of the biota in riverine and seasonally flooded habitats to damming of Amazonian rivers

EM Latrubesse, FM d'Horta, CC Ribas… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The extent and intensity of impacts of multiple new dams in the Amazon basin on specific
biological groups are potentially large, but still uncertain and need to be better understood. It …

Quantitative impacts of hydroelectric dams on the trans‐Amazonian migrations of goliath catfish

M Hauser, CRC Doria, C Pécheyran… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hydropower expansion is increasingly responsible for connectivity and biodiversity loss in
freshwater ecosystems. The Amazon basin, which supports the highest level of freshwater …

Upstream dam impacts on gilded catfish Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in the Bolivian Amazon

PAV Damme, L Córdova-Clavijo, C Baigún… - Neotropical …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
This paper explores the effects of two run-of-river dams (Jirau and Santo Antônio) built in
cascade in the middle Madeira River (Brazil) on the interruption of long-distance migration …

River geomorphology and fish diversity around the Manseriche Gorge, the last Andean crossing is in peril

JD Abad, H Chicchon, J Chuctaya… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The transition from the Andes to the Amazon lowland hosts a high biodiversity and currently
is facing several anthropogenic activities, including hydropower infrastructure projects. Little …

Effect of seasonal variations on fatty acid composition and nutritional profiles of siluriformes fish species from the amazon basin

AFL de Souza, ME Petenuci, R Camparim… - Food research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Siluriformes is a highly diverse order of species that exhibit a wide array of morphologies,
diets and life strategies. This study evaluated the effect of seasonal variations on the …

Unmasking continental natal homing in goliath catfish from the upper Amazon

M Hauser, F Duponchelle, TW Hermann… - Freshwater …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Amazonian goliath catfishes are widespread in the Amazon Basin. Recently, otolith 87Sr:
86Sr analyses using laser ablation–multi‐collector–inductively coupled plasma mass …

[HTML][HTML] Threatened fish spawning area revealed by specific metabarcoding identification of eggs and larvae in the Beni River, upper Amazon

G Miranda-Chumacero, C Mariac… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Identifying fish spawning areas is of great ecological and conservation importance as fishes
are suffering increasing threat levels from anthropogenic activities. However, to date very …

[HTML][HTML] Size-based assessment of data-limited inland fish stocks–Review and applications

S Shephard, J Valbo-Jorgensen, J Abadía, C Baigún… - 2020 - books.google.com
Assessment of data-limited fish stocks is a rapidly evolving topic in marine fisheries, and is
supported by an increasing focus on the socio-economic and ecological importance of small …