Abstract Wetlands (rivers, lakes, bogs, etc.), the biodiversity hotspots, provide habitats for
biology on Earth and play an important role in biodiversity protection around the world …

Peacock bass Cichla ocellaris is a piscivorous cichlid native from the Amazon and Orinoco
river basins, which has been broadly introduced into tropical areas worldwide, leading to …

Conservation of endangered or economic fish and control of invasive fish is a great
challenge of hydraulic engineering worldwide. Flow velocity has been recognized to affect …

Biology and Physiology of Freshwater Neotropical Fish is the all-inclusive guide to fish
species prevalent in the neotropical realm. It provides the most updated systematics …

A total of 312 adults of matrinxã were captured bimonthly, between 2011-2012, in two sites
of the rio São Francisco: immediately downstream of the Três Marias Dam (site 1) and in the …

Aim: This study uses the abundance of fish eggs and larvae to evaluate the importance of
the main channel of the Paraná River and the adjacent areas of the floodplain, in the last …

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic synthetic compound used in the plastic industry with
endocrine disrupting activity. Although it is frequently found in surface waters, few studies …

Abstract Cu, Pb, Cd, Zn, Cr, Hg, and Fe in the liver, spleen and muscle, of the fish Salminus
franciscanus, from two sections of Paraopeba River, highly affected by anthropogenic …

Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis), grass carp
(Ctenopharyngodon idella), and black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) are the four major …

An important fisheries sector of the Danube, the “Iron Gates” area, was studied by famous
naturalists along the history like Marsigli, Haeckel, Kner, Antipa and Bănărescu. After more …