The Tocantins-Araguaia River basin is the largest basin located entirely in the Brazilian
territory. The high degree of endemism of its ichthyofauna has been revealed in several …

The upper rio Paraná basin drains the most developed and environmentally degraded
region in South America: the Brazilian southeast. While it is one of the most well-known …

Microplastic (MP) pollution is a global problem and has affected several biological levels
even in protected areas. In the present study, MP contamination was investigated in fish …

Inventorying biodiversity is fundamental to overcoming knowledge shortfalls in species
discovery and description (Linnean shortfall), their distributions (Wallacean shortfall) and …

Frugivory and seed dispersal by fish is an important mutualistic interaction in complex and
species-rich tropical rivers. The local ecological knowledge (LEK) held by fishers can …

We describe the change in the fish community of the Porce River in Magdalena River Basin,
Colombia, following the construction of the Porce III hydropower reservoir based on 13 years …

Abstract The IUCN Red List (RL) provides high-quality conservation assessments for
individual species, yet the rate and scale of environmental deterioration globally challenges …

Despite the importance of freshwater ecosystems to social‐ecological systems of the
Amazon, conservation in the region historically has focused on terrestrial ecosystems …

The aquatic ecosystems are an integral part of the global environment and play a critical role
in hydrogeological processes in the rivers. In recent decades, the external stressors on the …

Fishers possess detailed local ecological knowledge (LEK) which can be a valuable
resource for tracking long-term environmental changes in less studied tropical rivers. Our …