Ecological impacts of an invasive top predator fish across South America

ACS Franco, E García-Berthou… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biotic differentiation in headwater creeks after the massive introduction of non-native freshwater aquarium fish in the Paraíba do Sul River basin, Brazil

ALB Magalhães, LAV Bezerra, VS Daga… - Neotropical …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
This study evaluated fish beta diversity in six headwater creeks located in the area affected
by the largest ornamental aquaculture center implemented in the Minas Gerais State …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of guppies Poecilia reticulata (Peters, 1860) and Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel, 1868) along a polluted stretch of the Paraíba do Sul River …

FG Araújo, MG Peixoto, BCT Pinto… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Cyprinodontiformes fishes (guppies) are widely distributed in Neotropical regions and use
deteriorated microhabitats in rivers where few species can occur. This study was carried out …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing of biotic integrity of the fish community in a heavily impacted segment of a tropical river in Brazil

BCT Pinto, FG Araújo - Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
A index of biotic integrity (IBI) was applied to assess the ecological health at seven sites of
ca. 338 km extension of the Paraíba do Sul river, in bracketing a large urban-industrial …

Monitoring water quality in reservoirs for human supply through multi-biomarker evaluation in tropical fish

I de Andrade Brito, CA Freire, FY Yamamoto… - Journal of …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Paraíba do Sul River is located at a very densely inhabited region of Brazil crossing the
three most industrialized states of the country (São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro …

Diversidade das assembléias de peixes nas quatro unidades geográficas do rio Paraíba do Sul

TP Teixeira, BCT Pinto, BF Terra, EO Estiliano… - Iheringia. Série …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
Padrões na diversidade de peixes ao longo de quatro unidades geográficas (superior,
médio-superior, médio-inferior e inferior) no rio Paraíba do Sul foram estudados com a …

Effects of the proximity from an industrial plant on fish assemblages in the rio Paraíba do Sul, southeastern Brazil

BCT Pinto, MG Peixoto, FG Araújo - Neotropical Ichthyology, 2006 - SciELO Brasil
This work aims to analyze changes in the fish assemblages along a longitudinal reaches of
the rio Paraíba do Sul, one of the most used Brazilian aquatic systems, to assess the river" …

Influence of the river flow on the structure of fish assemblage along the longitudinal gradient from river to reservoir

ABI Santos, BF Terra, FG Araújo - Zoologia (curitiba), 2010 - SciELO Brasil
Changes in fish assemblage structure along a longitudinal gradient of the Paraíba do Sul
River and Funil reservoir were studied to detect distribution patterns and the seasonal …

Espécies exóticas e alóctones da bacia do Rio Paraíba do Sul: implicações para a conservação

MB de Moraes, CNM Polaz… - …, 2017 - icmbio.openjournalsolutions.com.br
A introdução de espécies, seja intencional ou acidental, é uma das principais causas das
alterações na distribuição natural das espécies, acarretando sérios declínios populacionais …

Hábitat, distribuição e aspectos adaptativos de peixes da microbacia do Ribeirão Grande, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

FM de Souza Braga - 2004 - repositorio.unesp.br
The ichthyofauna of ribeirão Grande microbasin that runs through one of the few remaining
fragments of Atlantic Forest (in Mantiqueira mountain range, Valley of Paraíba) was studied …