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 …

The effects of the rupture of a mining tailings dam were investigated using the gills and liver
of Astyanax lacustris as a proxy for environmental quality. The fish were exposed for seven …

Increasing global use of dams is a major threat to freshwater ecosystems as they
dramatically disrupt river flow regimes resulting in a cascade of negative impacts on fish and …

The monomodal flood pulse of major Amazonian rivers is a seasonal phenomenon that
determines ecological and biogeochemical processes in adjacent floodplain forests. River …

Background The Maranhão State harbours great fish diversity, but some areas are still
undersampled or little known, such as the Munim River Basin in the northeast of the State …

Impacts on tropical rivers affect biodiversity and ecosystem services negatively impacting
many economic activities, such as small-scale fisheries. Ecosystem-based fisheries …

Larval drift and dispersal are critical processes that affect recruitment success for many
riverine fishes. Hypolimnetic discharge from the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) lowers river …

We examined responses from shore fish assemblages and bottom channel fish
assemblages before and after 2 cascade run‐of‐river dams in the Madeira River, in the …

This study assessed the feeding strategies of nine fish species in their native (Cuiabá River)
and in an invaded basin (upper Paraná River) to identify trophic variables that may explain …

Fishing activity in the Amazon basin has been declining in regards to fish production and the
diversity of the catch has been altered due to anthropic interferences due to hydro-electric …