Recent studies have increasingly demonstrated the widespread existence of spatio-
temporal variations in the abundance and distribution of species of freshwater fishes …

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 …

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 …

This paper aims to describe the spatial-temporal variability in catch of the main fishery
resources of the Amazon River and floodplain lakes of the Lower Amazon, as well as …

In 2009, inland fisheries produced some 10 million tonnes of fish. Despite their importance
to rural communities, especially in the least-developed countries, little attention has been …

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 …

Identifying fish spawning areas is of great ecological and conservation importance as fishes
are suffering increasing threat levels from anthropogenic activities. However, to date very …

This chapter summarizes some theoretical and empirical conclusions of our 10-year social
science research in a mangrove region in north Brazil. Over the years, our analyses …

Since 1979 the gold rush in the Brazilian Amazon has caused serious environmental
damage to one of the most complex ecosystems on Earth. Mainly due to the toxicity of …

The main life‐history traits of the dorado Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii, a large Amazonian
catfish undertaking the largest migration known for a freshwater fish species (from the …