The present status of large reservoir fisheries and their management in large reservoirs in
South America are reviewed. There is a brief discussion about reservoir typology, and how …

Cage culture of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in large reservoirs is an emergent
aquaculture practice in Brazil. Due to the availability of large amounts of suitable quality …

Brazil plans to meet the majority of its growing electricity demand with new hydropower
plants located in the Amazon basin. However, large hydropower plants located in tropical …

Aquatic macrophyte community distribution along the eastern shoreline of the Itaipu
Reservoir (one of the South America's largest impoundments) is described in relation to …

Although reservoirs are similar to natural lakes in many respects, such driving forces as
water retention time and watershed features can play important roles in the limnology of …

A dam on a river course induces numerous changes in the aquatic environment both in the
newly formed reservoir and in the river downstream. These changes modify the food …

SUMMARY 1 The interannual variability of the dominant phytoplankton populations is
described in a subtropical reservoir in Queensland using weekly data for a 16‐year period …

Reservoirs are intermediate ecosystems between rivers and lakes. These ecosystems break
up the landscape by forming artificial lakes connected by rivers and change important …

The construction of large reservoirs in South America and particularly in Brazil has
intensified within the last 50 years. Built up primarily for hydroelectricity production, these …

From early spring to late summer 5 samplings were performed to characterize the
ichthyoplankton distribution along the Cinzas River, a tributary of Capivara Reservoir. Eggs …