Tropical rivers and their associated floodplain habitats are dynamic habitat mosaics to which
fishes are challenged to respond in an adaptive manner. Migratory fishes create linkages …

Understanding how and why certain clades diversify greatly in morphology whereas others
do not remains a major theme in evolutionary biology. Projecting families of phylogenies into …

Prochilodus mariae (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) is a detritivorous fish distributed
throughout the Orinoco river basin of South America. Spectacular migrations of these fishes …

Effective management of the Amazon's commercial fish populations requires an
understanding of the factors controlling their production. A fundamental step in the …

Fishery ecology conservation in South America is a pressing issue. The biodiversity of
fishes, just as with all other groups of plants and animals, is far from fully known. Continuing …

Publisher Summary The feeding process is composed of nine stereotyped movement
patterns (particulate intake, gulping, rinsing, spitting, selective retention of food, transport …

Stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in autotrophs and detrital organic matter were
investigated during inundation of the Orinoco River floodplain in Venezuela. Sampling …

Larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and northern brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon
fossor) were collected monthly from three streams in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from …

Freshwater fishes exhibit spectacular biodiversity in the tropics. In contrast to temperate
streams, where insectivorous fishes generally predominate, detrital—and algalfeeding …

Dynamic Food Webs challenges us to rethink what factors may determine ecological and
evolutionary pathways of food web development. It touches upon the intriguing idea that …