Infrastructure development and overfishing in the Amazon make it imperative to define
adequate scales for the ecosystem‐based management of commercial fisheries and the …

Hydrological connectivity is a basic feature of river ecosystems, responsible for important
ecological processes. Human activities, however, have progressively modified natural …

Previous work has indicated, at least in two river systems, that some Characiformes species
migrate from nutrient‐poor rivers to spawn in nutrient‐rich rivers. In the present work, larval …

This book presents a synthesis of the ecology of Amazon fisheries, which can be used to
take management and conservation strategies to a more realistic ecological scale. Most of …

Tropical rainforests harbor extraordinary biodiversity. The Amazon basin is thought to hold
30% of all river fish species in the world. Information about the ecology, reproduction, and …

The black prochilodus, Prochilodus nigricans, is an important food fish distributed
throughout aquatic habitats of the Ecuadorian Amazon. We sampled gonad weight, body …

Amazonian ichthyofauna has one of the richest specific diversities on earth. However, life
history strategies of most species remain poorly‐known owing to logistical difficulties …

Vertical migration in ichthyoplankton is relevant for its survive and it has been documented
in estuaries with more than 10 m depth. In shallow estuaries this process is unknow or not …

Abstract Catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in the Amazon River Basin serve important
ecological and economic roles in structuring foodwebs, transferring nutrients and providing …

A abundância e a distribuição mensal de larvas de peixes no Lago Catalão, situado
próximo ao encontro dos rios Solimões e Negro, foram avaliadas entre os meses de janeiro …