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Na região Amazônica, a ocupação das áreas de várzea é baseada em estratégias de uso múltiplo dos ambientes, com atividades como extrativismo florestal, pecuária de pequena escala, agricultura, caça e pesca.
Lenizi Maria Silva Araújo +1 more
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Recently, the large migratory fishes of the family Serrasalmidae (Piaractus brachypomus and P. orinoquensis) were described as restricted to the Orinoco and Amazon basins. Both species provide important ecosystem services.
María Doris Escobar L. +2 more
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This study aimed to determine the fatty acid profile, omegas, and lipid quality indices in commercial cuts of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). Samples were collected from two fish processing industries located in Rondônia state, Brazil. The experimental
Jucilene Cavali +4 more
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The pirapitinga, Piaractus brachypomus (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae), is a fish from the Amazon basin and is considered to be one of the main native species used in aquaculture production in South America.
Paulo H. Jorge +8 more
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Diversity of monogenean parasites on gills of fishes from the Matapi River, in the Brazilian Amazon
This study investigated the fauna of monogeneans on gills of 13 fish species from the Matapi River, Brazilian Amazon. A total 548 fish belonging to 13 species (1 Anostomidae, 3 Characidae, 1 Curimatidae, 1 Hemiodontidae, 2 Serrasalmidae, 3 Scianidae, 1 ...
Lígia Rigôr Neves +3 more
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OS ARGULÍDEOS (CRUSTACEA: BRANCHIURA) DA AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA 4 ASPECTOS DA ECOLOGIA DE ARGULUS MULTICOLOR STEKHOVEN, 1937 E ARGULUS PESTIFER RINGUELET, 1948. [PDF]
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
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Abstract Dietary analysis has contributed to our understanding of animal niches, interspecific interactions, community structure and the flow of matter and energy in food webs. We employed three methods of dietary analysis to estimate trophic niche overlap between two peacock bass species, Cichla cataractae and Cichla ocellaris, across sympatric ...
Benton L. Fry +2 more
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ABSTRACT Aeromonas hydrophila is a major zoonotic bacterial pathogen responsible for haemorrhagic septicemia, substantial economic losses in aquaculture and increasing antimicrobial resistance among field isolates. It is also one of the main bacterial species associated with mortality outbreaks in pirapitinga, Piaractus brachypomus, culture in the ...
Layana Aparecida Batista Pereira +7 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of season and environmental disturbances on fish communities in neotropical rivers of the Sorocaba basin, a Sub‐Basin of the Paraná River in Southeast Brazil, based on sampling 1196 individuals from 49 species, including two non‐native and one threatened with extinction.
Natalia S. Alves +2 more
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Beyond Occurrence: Evidence Gaps for Non‐Native Freshwater Fishes in Brazilian Drylands
ABSTRACT Non‐native freshwater fishes are widely reported in inland waters, but occurrence records are often interpreted together with stronger evidence of establishment, reproduction, spread, pathways and impacts. This can overstate what published records support, especially in regions where reservoirs, river‐basin transfers and artificial ...
Jônnata Fernandes de Oliveira +2 more
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