Mercury in the environment and riverside population in the Madeira River Basin, Amazon, Brazil

WR Bastos, JPO Gomes, RC Oliveira, R Almeida… - Science of the Total …, 2006 - Elsevier
This work presents quality control results on the mercury concentrations in different
environmental (river sediments, forest soils, river suspended matter and fish) and human …

Tropical artisanal coastal fisheries: challenges and future directions

VS Batista, NN Fabré, ACM Malhado… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Artisanal fisheries occur all over the tropics and provide an important source of protein and
income for many coastal communities. However, varied types and magnitudes of …

[HTML][HTML] Mercury in fish marketed in the Amazon triple frontier and health risk assessment

SF da Silva, M de Oliveira Lima - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Fish has great socioeconomic, cultural, and nutritional importance for Amazonian
populations. Despite all health benefits, fish can accumulate great amounts of mercury (Hg) …

Freshwater fishes of the Amazon River basin: their biodiversity, fisheries, and habitats

WJ Junk, MGM Soares… - Aquatic …, 2007 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
Stretching more than seven million square kilometers, the Amazon River basin is the largest
river basin in the world and discharges about one-sixth of all freshwater from the continents …

[PDF][PDF] Migratory fishes of the São Francisco river

Y Sato, HP Godinho - CAROLSFELD, J.; HARVEY, B.; ROSS, C, 2003 - researchgate.net
The São Francisco River was first encountered by Europeans on the 4th of October, 1501-
Saint Francis' Day-by Américo Vespúcio and Gaspar Lemos, hence the river's current name …

Fish consumption by traditional subsistence villagers of the Rio Madeira (Amazon): impact on hair mercury

RC Oliveira, JG Dórea, JVE Bernardi… - Annals of human …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Subsistence ribeirinhos of the Amazon Basin depend on fish for their principal
source of protein, but fish availability changes with seasonal high and low waters. Aim: To …

The importance of forest cover for fish richness and abundance on the Amazon floodplain

J Lobón-Cerviá, LL Hess, JM Melack… - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Flooded forest is one of the most important fish habitats in Neotropical rivers, and one that is
increasingly subjected to negative impacts from logging, agriculture, and other human …

Biodiversity, food consumption and ecological niche dimension: a study case of the riverine populations from the Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

AL Da Silva, A Begossi - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2009 - Springer
In this study we perform an ecological analysis of the resources use in the diet of the
ribeirinho populations of the Barcelos municipality, Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil. Data on …

[BOOK][B] An unexpected ecosystem: the Amazon as revealed by fisheries.

R Barthem, M Goulding - 2007 - cabidigitallibrary.org
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 …

Fisheries ecology in South American river basins

M Barletta, VE Cussac, AA Agostinho… - Freshwater fisheries …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fishery ecology conservation in South America is a pressing issue. The biodiversity of
fishes, just as with all other groups of plants and animals, is far from fully known. Continuing …