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New occurrences, mean infestation intensity and prevalence of parasitic isopods (Isopoda, Cymothoida, Bopyridae) associated with Macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the mouth of the Amazon River [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
The Amazon prawn or Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) is widely distributed in South America, occurring in the Orinoco and Amazon rivers, and forms an important source of income for riverside families.
Sting Silva Duarte, Jô de Farias Lima, Lucio André Viana   +2 more
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First report: Amazon River Prawn reared in biofloc technology [PDF]

Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias, 2020
The objective of this work was to evaluate the use of biofloc technology to reared Amazon River prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum). One hundred Amazon River prawn juveniles were divided into two experimental units (250 L), 50 animals per each.
Adolfo Jatobá, Esmeralda Chamorro Legarda, Larissa Stockhausen, Felipe do Nascimento Vieira   +3 more
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Reproductive biology of Macrobrachium surinamicum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in the Amazon River mouth [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2015
Macrobrachium surinamicum is an indigenous prawn distributed from the lower Amazon and Tocantins river basins to Venezuela in the Orinoco Delta region. It is common bycatch fauna of Macrobrachium amazonicum artisan fishing in the states of Pará and Amapá.
Jô de Farias LIMA, Mayara Cristina Moura DA CRUZ, Luis Mauricio Abdon da SILVA   +2 more
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Has a river dam affected the life‐history traits of a freshwater prawn? [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
In recent years, species richness and diversity in aquatic ecosystems has declined as environments are increasingly impacted by anthropic actions. Freshwater prawns are well adapted to survive in a disturbed and heterogeneous environment.
Gicelle M. F. Silva, Marcelo C. Andrade, Breno R. M. Silva, Ingrid S. Palheta, Liziane B. Gonçalves, Rossineide M. Rocha, Maria A. P. Ferreira   +6 more
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Brachyuran crustaceans from the bycatch of prawn fisheries at the mouth of the Amazon river Crustáceos Brachyura da fauna acompanhante da pesca artesanal de camarões de água doce na foz do rio Amazonas [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2013
The present paper is a pioneering study on the Brachyura bycatch associated with the artisan prawn fisheries at the mouth of the Amazon River. The study was conducted at four collection sites distributed along the mouth of the Amazon River between the ...
Jô de Farias Lima, Thibério Carvalho da Silva, Luis Mauricio Abdon da Silva, Jamile da Silva Garcia   +3 more
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Reproductive aspects of Macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in the State of Amapá, Amazon River mouth [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2014
Macrobrachium amazonicum is an indigenous prawn vastly distributed in basins of South America, widely exploited by artisanal fisheries in northern and northeastern Brazil and, with great potential for aquaculture.
Jô de Farias Lima, Luis Mauricio Abdon da Silva, Thibério Carvalho da Silva, Jamile da Silva Garcia, Ilana da Silva Pereira, Karlia Dalla Santa Amaral   +5 more
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Structure and genetic diversity of Macrobrachium amazonicum complex [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The present study evaluated the phylogenetic relationships and the population structure in the ‘Macrobrachium amazonicum’ species complex, including M. amazonicum and M. pantanalense based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers.
Gabriel Monteiro de Lima, Beatriz Rochitti Boza, Luciano Domingues Queiroz, Gabriel Iketani, Carlos Murilo Tenório Maciel, Claudio Oliveira, Fausto Foresti, Wagner C. Valenti, Iracilda Sampaio, Vanessa Paes da Cruz, Cristiana Ramalho Maciel   +10 more
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The budget of carbon in the farming of the Amazon river prawn and tambaqui fish in earthen pond monoculture and integrated multitrophic systems [PDF]

Aquaculture Reports, 2020
The present study analyzed the inputs, outputs, and accumulation of carbon in ecological compartments of earthen ponds for the grow-out of Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum) and tambaqui fish (Colossoma macropomum) reared in monoculture and ...
Dallas L. Flickinger, Gelcirene A. Costa, Daniela P. Dantas, Danilo C. Proença, Fernanda S. David, Robert M. Durborow, Patricia Moraes-Valenti, Wagner C. Valenti   +7 more
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The history of the introduction of the giant river prawn, Macrobrachium cf. rosenbergii (Decapoda, Palaemonidae), in Brazil: New insights from molecular data. [PDF]

Genet Mol Biol, 2011
The giant river prawn, Macrobrachium cf. rosenbergii, is one of the most cultivated freshwater prawns in the world and has been introduced into more than 40 countries.
Iketani G, Pimentel L, Silva-Oliveira G, Maciel C, Valenti W, Schneider H, Sampaio I.   +6 more
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An update of the amazon prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum) distribution in the low course of the São Francisco river (northeast Brazil) [PDF]

Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2021
The prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum has been considered a successful colonizing species of freshwater environments beyond its native range; however, information on the distribution of the species in rivers in northeastern Brazil is doubtful or incomplete.
Lucia Vanessa Rocha Santos, Petrônio Alves Coelho Filho   +1 more
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