Migratory Fishes of South America : Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status

Carolsfeld, Joachim; Harvey, Brian; Ross, Carmen; Baer, Anton; Carolsfeld, Joachim; Harvey, Brian; Ross, Carmen; Baer, Anton

Migratory Fishes of South America : Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status

2004

Fish species that migrate within the great rivers of South America support important local fisheries but are little known outside their native range. This book, written specially for the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre, represents the first collection of the work of local scientific experts on these remarkable fish. The authors cover the Upper Parana, Paraguay-Parana, Uruguay and São Francisco basins in Brazil, as well as the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon. They discuss not only the principal migratory species and their fascinating relationship with the water cycle in the rivers and wetlands, but also the fisheries they support, and their often precarious conservation status.

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Ottawa: International Development Research Centre and the World Bank

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Environmental laws; River flows; Catfish; River systems; Aquatic life; River system; Stocking of fish; Drift; Major rivers; Sustainable management; Coastal management; Floods; Spawning sites; Fishery; Wetlands protection; Freshwater fish; Habitat degradation; Fish passage; Finfish; Fish species; Wetlands management; Management systems; Introduced fish species; Basin; Reproductive behavior; Migratory fish; Fisherman; Marine fish; Fishery conservation; Food source; Floodwaters; Main river; Fruit; Preferences; Headwaters; Discharge; Catfishes; Migratory fishes; Fish populations; Fisheries management; Geographical areas; Wetland species; Heavy metal; Resources conservation; Adult fish; Lucena; Freshwater species; Species composition; Migration patterns; Wetlands fish; Daunting task; Currents; Wetland ecosystems; Wealth; Water cycle; Nature; Local people

Language

English

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application/pdf, text/plain

License

CC BY 3.0 IGO, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo, World Bank

ISBN

0-9683958-2-1

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DOI http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5052383/migratory-fishes-south-america-biology-fisheries-conservation-status https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14929

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2004

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