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Interaction Between Traditional Fishers and the Neotropical Otter Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) in a Brazilian Amazon Estuary

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 35, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) is a semi‐aquatic carnivore from the Mustelidae family with a piscivorous habit that interacts with riverine populations because of fishing resources, and this relationship is often negative, especially in the Amazon where fishing represents an important activity for several communities ...
Dayse Souza Marques, Izabelle da Silva Mendes, César França Braga, Renata Emin‐Lima, Thuareag Monteiro Trindade dos Santos   +4 more
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Global importance of Amazonian freshwaters

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 23, Issue 10, December 2025.
Amazonian freshwaters have large influences on regional and global climate, harbor remarkable and unique species, and are vital to human society. Nevertheless, as compared to their terrestrial counterparts in the Amazon, these freshwaters have received less attention from the international conservation community.
Clinton N Jenkins, Simone Athayde, Claire F Beveridge, Sandra B Correa, Jhan‐Carlo Espinoza, Sebastian A Heilpern, Guido A Herrera‐R, LuLu Victoria‐Lacy, Paulo Olivas, Antonio Oliveira, Natalia C Piland, Renata Utsunomiya, Elizabeth P Anderson   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inactivation of thermogenic UCP1 as a historical contingency in multiple placental mammal clades [PDF]

, 2017
Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is essential for nonshivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue and is widely accepted to have played a key thermoregulatory role in small-bodied and neonatal placental mammals that enabled the exploitation ...
Alexander, Antoine, Balaguer, Banyue, Barrow, Barycka, Benton, Bergqvist, Bi, Campbell, Cohen, Domning, Eisenmann, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Fordyce, Gheerbrant, Gingerich, Gingerich, Hartenberger, Hashimoto, Heath, Heaton, Irving, Kocsis, Larramendi, Lewis, Li, McDonald, Meng, Meredith, Meyer, Nicholls, Oelkrug, Patterson, Pearson, Pearson, Phillips, Pickford, Pickford, Rothwell, Saito, Sakurai, Shackleton, Shoshani, Springer, Tabuce, Tomiya, Vucetich, Vélez-Juarbe, Vélez-Juarbe, Wesley-Hunt, Woodburne   +52 more
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Amazonian fish migration as a social–cultural–ecological process

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 12, Page 3297-3312, December 2025.
Abstract In this study, we highlight the rich perspectives and explanations of fish migration held by Indigenous groups across the Amazon. We present the aspects of Indigenous cosmological stories, drawing from our exploratory review of cultural ethnographies and grey literature, as well as the authors' own experiences. We ask, how do Amazonian peoples
LuLu Victoria‐Lacy, Thiago B. A. Couto, Natalia C. Piland, Jesús Dámaso, Stephannie Fernandes, Simone Athayde, Elizabeth P. Anderson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to remove the brain of Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) calves preserving the skull for morphological analysis [PDF]

Acta Amazonica
Although there are several studies on the skull of Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis) to better understand the anatomy, physiology, and behavior of these animals, the analysis of the brain has been often neglected.
Kamilla AVELINO-DE-SOUZA, Gisele de Castro Maciel VALDEVINO, Gabriel MELO-SANTOS, Bruno MOTA, Vera Maria Ferreira DA SILVA   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efeitos ambientais de reservatórios de hidrelétricas sobre mamíferos silvestres e tartarugas-de-água-doce na Amazônia : uma revisão [PDF]

, 2011
A legislação brasileira condiciona as licenças prévia, de instalação e de operação de empreendimentos hidrelétricos impactantes, no roteiro dos estudos de impacto ambiental (EIA/RIMA), incluindo a identifcação e a avaliação dos impactos ambientais e os ...
Alho, Cleber José Rodrigues
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Estimating Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) abundance using passive acoustic methods [PDF]

, 2022
T.A.M.’s contribution was conducted under the ACCURATE project, funded by the U.S. Navy Living Marine Resources program (Contract No. N3943019C2176) with partial support by CEAUL (funded by FCT— Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, through ...
Berchem, Cora, Marques, Tiago A., Rycyk, Athena M.   +2 more
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Prioritizing future evidence needs for marine and freshwater mammal conservation action

Animal Conservation, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 542-552, August 2025.
To improve conservation practice, decisions should be informed by the available evidence on the effectiveness of conservation actions. Here, we review the comprehensiveness of this evidence base for marine and freshwater mammals. We assess the taxonomic and geographic coverage of the evidence base, identify biases and suggest priorities for future ...
E. Hordern, T.B. White, A. Berthinussen, R.K. Smith, W.J. Sutherland, A.P. Christie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fall 2001 [PDF]

, 2000
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NSU Oceanographic Center
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The first confirmed pregnancy of a released Amazonian manatee [PDF]

Oryx, 2021
Diogo de Souza, José D'Affonseca Neto, Rodrigo Amaral, Vera M.F. da Silva   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source