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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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Characteristics and processing of canned Amazon River prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum) in Amazon sauce [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Food Technology
The canned Amazon River prawn with sauce (tucupi and jambu) was thermally prepared (121 ºC) at three different times (T1: 15 T2: 20 and T3: 25 minutes) in glass bottles. The product obtained 20.86% crude protein, with good acceptance by consumers (global
Keber Santos Costa Junior, Francisco Alex Lima Barros, Natalino da Costa Souza, Peterson Emmanuel Guimarães Paixão, Leiliane Cristina Cardoso Araújo, Bruno Baltazar, Jhulie Carolline Sousa Ferreira, Deiviane de Cássia Fernandes Carvalho, Cristiana Ramalho Maciel, Marileide Moraes Alves   +9 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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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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Invasive giant river prawns as opportunistic, generalist predators in the Amazon Delta: Insights from metabarcoding

Ecosphere
Invasive species alter habitats and biological communities. The giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man 1879) was introduced to Brazil for aquaculture, and invasive populations have established in the Amazon Delta region where they are ...
Aisha Carolina Cei, Dalila Costa Silva, Alan Erik Souza Rodrigues, Silvana Melo Sviggum, Fabricio dos Anjos Santa Rosa, Rasna Figueiredo Martins, João Bráullio de Luna Sales, Jarl Andreas Anmarkrud, Hugo deBoer, Guilherme Correa Oliveira, Quentin Mauvisseau, Jussara Moretto Martinelli‐Lemos, Jonathan Stuart Ready   +12 more
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Amazon river prawn is able to express endogenous endo-β-1,4-glucanase and using cellulose as energy source

Aquaculture Reports, 2023
The present study aimed to identify and characterize cellulase from the functional genome in the hepatopancreas of Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum). Growth trials with post-larvae of M.
Luciano Domingues Queiroz, Lorena Batista de Moura, Gabriel Monteiro de Lima, Carlos Murilo Tenório Maciel, Daniel Abreu Vasconcelos Campelo, Cristiana Ramalho Maciel   +5 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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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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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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Intensification of Amazon River Prawn Hatchery

Fishes
The effects of the intensification on the performance of the Amazon River prawn hatchery carried out in a simple recirculation system were investigated.
Michelle Pinheiro Vetorelli, Laurindo André Rodrigues, Janaina Mitsue Kimpara, Wagner C. Valenti   +3 more
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