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 …

Ichthyoplankton DNA metabarcoding: Challenges and perspectives

DC Carvalho - Molecular Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
DNA metabarcoding has been widely used to access and monitor species. However,
several challenges remain open for its mainstream application in ecological studies …

Proactively averting the collapse of Amazon fisheries based on three migratory flagship species

L Prestes, R Barthem, A Mello-Filho, E Anderson… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Migratory species are the most important commercial fishes in the Amazon. They are also
now the most threatened directly by some combination of overfishing, floodplain …

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 …

Ichthyoplankton metabarcoding: An efficient tool for early detection of invasive species establishment

A Van Nynatten, KS Gallage, NK Lujan… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Detection of invasive species is critical for management but is often limited by challenges
associated with capture, processing and identification of early life stages. DNA …

Effects of anomalous climatic events on the structure of fish larvae assemblages in the eastern Amazon

RA Cajado, LS Oliveira, FKS Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The reproduction of neotropical fish is linked to environmental stimuli that act as triggers in
this process. Thus, it is possible to affirm that specific environmental changes can delimit …

Ichthyoplankton and plastic waste drift in a river in the Amazon Basin, Brazil

LS Oliveira, JMB Oliveira-Junior, RA Cajado… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Egg and larvae drift is a key mechanism for early fish stages to colonize nursery and growth
areas and provides insights into ichthyofauna spawning times and spawning locations …

Evaluating Metabarcoding Markers for Identifying Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton Communities to Species in the Salish Sea: Morphological Comparisons and Rare …

CA Stepien, HK Schultz, SM McAllister, EL Norton… - DNA, 2023 - mdpi.com
Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton community assessments depend on species diagnostics,
yet morphological identifications are time-consuming, require taxonomic expertise, and are …

Seasonal patterns in the structure of the fish larvae assemblages in the lower Amazon River

RA Cajado, DM Zacardi, CC Arantes… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed the phenology and functional structure of parental stocks of fish larvae,
and evaluated how the species modulate their reproductive activities as a function of natural …

Early life history of two Neotropical Triportheidae fish (Characiformes)

RA Cajado, FKS Silva, LS Oliveira, Z Santos… - Neotropical …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
The early ontogeny of Triportheus albus and T. angulatus, two fish species of Triportheidae,
is described using morphological, meristic, and morphometric characters. These species are …