The hydrological connectivity of freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon basin makes them
highly sensitive to a broad range of anthropogenic activities occurring in aquatic and …

Fisheries stock assessments are essential for science-based fisheries management. Inland
fisheries pose challenges, but also provide opportunities for biological assessments that …

The Amazon basin hosts the Earth's highest diversity of freshwater fish. Fish species have
adapted to the basin's size and seasonal dynamics by displaying a broad range of migratory …

The current high demand for fish and increased awareness of the role of the environment in
supporting human well being has led to a situation where attitudes to inland water resources …

Infrastructure development and overfishing in the Amazon make it imperative to define
adequate scales for the ecosystem‐based management of commercial fisheries and the …

Stretching more than seven million square kilometers, the Amazon River basin is the largest
river basin in the world and discharges about one-sixth of all freshwater from the continents …

The fauna of inland waters, especially in the tropics, consist of complex assemblages of
numerous species, which are not accessible to analysis by conventional stock assessment …

Tambaqui, a species native to the Amazon and Orinoco Basins and their tributaries, has a
history marked by biological resilience that makes this species a model for studies focused …

Fruit-eating by fishes represents an ancient (perhaps Paleozoic) interaction increasingly
regarded as important for seed dispersal (ichthyochory) in tropical and temperate …

Science and policy worldwide are influenced by predictions from bioeconomic theory that
fishing cannot lead fish populations to extinction because fishing effort inevitably moves …