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Fisheries in a border area of the Moxos Lowlands (Bolivia) after invasion of Arapaima gigas

Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page 196-210, April 2023., 2023
We characterized fisheries in the area of the port city of Riberalta (upper Madeira River basin) and evaluated the contribution of an invasive species (Arapaima gigas) to the landings. A. gigas represented 57.6% of the overall economic value of fish in the region.
Gabriela Rico Lopez, Claudia Coca Méndez, Joachim Carolsfeld, Oriana Almeida, Paul Andre Van Damme   +4 more
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Wild animals used as food medicine in Brazil. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013
The connection between eating and healing is common in traditional folk medical systems, and the multiple possibilities resulting from the combination of biodiversity and culture confer a wealth and complexity in terms of knowledge of the flora and fauna as to their potential as food medicine.
Alves RR, Oliveira TP, Rosa IL.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Predicted impacts of proposed hydroelectric facilities on fish migration routes upstream from the Pantanal wetland (Brazil)

River Research and Applications, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 452-464, March 2020., 2020
Abstract There are 104 hydroelectric facilities proposed to be installed in the watersheds that feed the Pantanal, a vast floodplain wetland located mostly in Brazil. The Pantanal is host to 23 long‐distance migratory fish species that ascend upland tributaries to spawn.
Marcel Medinas de Campos, Hans M. Tritico, Pierre Girard, Peter Zeilhofer, Stephen K. Hamilton, Ibraim Fantin‐Cruz   +5 more
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Selenium/mercury molar ratio and Health Benefit Value for selenium of migratory catfish from Meta River, Colombia [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
The study estimated the risk associated with the consumption of five large migratory catfish species for the health of the most vulnerable population, identifying the total mercury and selenium concentrations, the Se/Hg molar ratio, and the Health ...
S. Valbuena-Rodríguez, M. A. Ramírez-Niño, M. A. Navarro-Ramírez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO FEEDING RATES AND THREE FEEDING FREQUENCIES FOR HYBRID SURUBIMS REARED IN CAGES

Revista Caatinga, 2018
This study evaluated the effects of feeding frequency and feeding rate on productive performance of hybrid surubims reared in cages with automatic feeding.
JULIANA SVERSUT DE ALEXANDRE BOGIANI, CECÍLIA SILVA DE CASTRO, EDUARDO MIYAMOTO FUKANOKI KUNII, LUCIANO CAETANO DE OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO ANGELO AGOSTINHO   +4 more
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REPRODUCCIÓN INDUCIDA DE LA DONCELLA Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum y DESARROLLO EMBRIONARIO - LARVAL

Folia Amazónica, 2001
Los productos sexuales de doncella Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum fueron obtenidos mediante la inducción hormonal usando pituitaria de carpa y ovudal (D-alanina 6). La dosis de ovudal fue de 10mg/kg para las hembras y de 1mg/kg para los machos,mientras que la de pituitaria de carpa fue de 5mg/kg para las hembras y 1mg/kg para los machos.
PADILLA-PÉREZ, Palmira P., ALCANTARA-BOCANEGRA, Fernando, ISMIÑO-ORBE, Rosa A.   +2 more
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Ichthyofauna Used in Traditional Medicine in Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Fish represent the group of vertebrates with the largest number of species and the largest geographic distribution; they are also used in different ways by modern civilizations. The goal of this study was to compile the current knowledge on the use of ichthyofauna in zootherapeutic practices in Brazil, including ecological and conservational commentary
Ana Carla Asfora El-Deir, Carolina Alves Collier, Miguel Santana de Almeida Neto, Karina Maria de Souza Silva, Iamara da Silva Policarpo, Thiago Antonio S. Araújo, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque, Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura, Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros   +9 more
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Produção do híbrido "cachadia" em diferentes densidades de estocagem em sistema de recirculação de água

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2011
Avaliou-se o efeito da densidade de estocagem na produção de "cachadia" (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum x Leiarius marmoratus) em sistema de recirculação de água.
P.M.C Faria, R.K Luz, S.A Prado, E.M Turra, T.B.F Jorge, A.M.Q Lana, E.A Teixeira   +6 more
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Community‐Led Assessment of Risk from Exposure to Mercury by Native Amerindian Wayana in Southeast Suriname

Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
This study was a collaboration between Western public health researchers and Suriname indigenous communities. The question asked was “how can Western researchers effectively engage traditional indigenous communities in Suriname, South America, in public health research”. The approach used a combination of Participatory Action Research methods in which “
Daniel Peplow, Sarah Augustine, Rainer Schulin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

OS ARGULÍDEOS (CRUSTACEA: BRANCHIURA) DA AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA 4 ASPECTOS DA ECOLOGIA DE ARGULUS MULTICOLOR STEKHOVEN, 1937 E ARGULUS PESTIFER RINGUELET, 1948. [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1983
Resumo A especificidade parasitária, áreas de fixação, hospedeiros naturais, índices de infestação e variação sazonai de Argulus multicolor e Argulus pestifer foram estudados durante o período de março de 1979 a março de 1980, no Janauacá, um lago de ...
José Celso de Oliveira Malta
doaj   +1 more source