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Diet containing 35% crude protein improves energy balance, growth, and feed conversion in the Amazon river prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum

open access: yesAquaculture Reports, 2021
A technological package has been developed in South America for culturing prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum; however, little information is available on its physiology and diet.
Paulo Mantoan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The androgenic gland in male morphotypes of the Amazon River prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862)

open access: yesGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, 2019
Sexual differentiation and primary and secondary sexual characteristics in male crustaceans are modulated by hormones produced in the androgenic gland (AG). The AG is also responsible for the determination of morphotypes in caridean shrimps, such as Macrobrachium amazonicum that shows four morphotypes: translucent claw (TC), cinnamon claw (CC), green ...
Paschoal, Lucas Rezende Penido   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Ecology and seasonal variation of parasites in wild Aequidens tetramerus, a Cichlidae from the Amazon. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study is the first investigation on seasonal dynamics of parasites component community of the Aequidens tetramerus from an Amazon River tributary, in Northern Brazil.
GONÇALVES, R. A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Transportation of Amazon river prawnMacrobrachium amazonicumjuveniles in different biomass densities

open access: yesAquaculture Research, 2012
The Amazon river prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum is widely exploited by artisanal fisheries in the north and north-east of Brazil (Maciel & Valenti 2009). Currently, this species has important potential for aquaculture where it is indigenous (Moraes-Valenti & Valenti 2010; Marques & Moraes-Valenti 2012).
Sperandio, Luciane   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Fishing the georges river: Cultural diversity and urban environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Georges River runs through the heart of Sydney’s most culturally diverse population, including long-established Aboriginal and Anglo-Celtic communities as well as the many more recent immigrant communities that have developed since the 1980s.
A Appadurai   +27 more
core   +1 more source

Review of river fisheries valuation in Central and South America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Unlike Africa and Asia, where a large part of the population are heavily dependent upon fishing for their livelihoods, fishing for a living in the interior of Central and South America (CSA) remains a marginal occupation for all but the most isolated of ...
Bennett, E., Thorpe, A.
core   +1 more source

Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Body Shape Variation in Freshwater Shrimps of the Genus Macrobrachium Lacking a Mandibular Palp (Formerly Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 1911) (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

open access: yesActa Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shape variation in the cephalothorax of Macrobrachium species without mandibular palp using geometric morphometrics was used as a tool to support species differentiation and propose new diagnostic characters for taxonomic identification.
Thaís Arrais Mota   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ocurrence of male morphotypes of Macrobrachium amazonicum (Caridea, Palaemonidae) in a population with an entirely freshwater life cycle

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology
This study records, for the first time, the occurrence of all four male morphotypes in a population of Macrobrachium amazonicumfrom a continental environment, with an entirely freshwater life cycle.
JAF Pantaleão, GL Hirose, RC Costa
doaj   +1 more source

Potencial pesqueiro de Macrobrachium amazonicum na Amazonia central (Ilha do Careiro) : variaçao da abundancai e do comprimento [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Abundance and body size variations of the prawn #Macrobranchium amazonicum$ (Heller, 1862) have been studied in a Central Amazonian floodplain lake, on Careiro Island.
Moreira, L.C., Odinetz Collart, Olga
core  

Carbon budget in integrated aquaculture systems with Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) and Amazon river prawn ( Macrobrachium amazonicum )

open access: yesAquaculture Research, 2021
This study was centred on the carbon budget of Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems in earthen ponds stocked with the freshwater Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), with or without different added substrates.
Fernanda S. David   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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