Fish and Fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon : People, Ecology and Conservation in Black and Clear Water Rivers / edited by Renato A.M. Silvano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silvano, Renato A. M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal culture.

Freshwater ecology.

Marine ecology.

Applied ecology.

Conservation biology.

Ecology.

Animal migration.

Animal Science.

Freshwater and Marine Ecology.

Applied Ecology.

Conservation Biology.

Animal Migration.

Local Subjects:

Animal Science.

Freshwater and Marine Ecology.

Applied Ecology.

Conservation Biology.

Animal Migration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 420 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

Summary:

This book provides comparative data on fish ecology and small-scale fisheries between Tapajos (clear water) and Negro (black water) rivers, in the Brazilian Amazon. These rivers are less studied than white water rivers and few books on Amazon fishes have addressed more than one river basin. These data can serve as a baseline to check future changes or impacts in these rivers, which can be affected by development projects, such as highways, deforestation, mining and dams. Besides information on fish biology, the book also discusses fish uses, fisheries and its importance for riverine people, comparing these data for each fish species between sites located inside and outside conservation units. The book is an outcome of the research project ‘Linking sustainability of small-scale fisheries, fishers’ knowledge, conservation and co-management of biodiversity in large rivers of the Brazilian Amazon’, which was coordinated by the editor of this volume and funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS).

Contents:

PART 1

1. Introduction

2. Studied regions and methodology

3. Small-scale fisheries, livelihoods and food security of riverine people

4. Conservation and environmental impacts in clear and black water rivers of the Brazilian Amazon

5. Fish ecology and evolution in black and clear water rivers of the Brazilian Amazon

PART 2

6. Atlas of fish of Tapajos and Negro Rivers I: Orders Myliobatiformes, Osteoglossiformes and Clupeiformes

7. Atlas of fish of Tapajos and Negro Rivers II: Order Characiformes, Families Characidae and Curimatidae

8. Atlas of fish of Tapajos and Negro Rivers III: Order Characiformes, Families Anostomidae and Hemiodontidae

9. Atlas of fish of Tapajos and Negro Rivers IV: Order Characiformes, Families Serrasalmiadae and others

10. Atlas of fish of Tapajos and Negro Rivers V: Orders Siluriformes and Gymnotiformes

11. Atlas of fish of Tapajos and Negro Rivers VI:Order Perciformes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-030-49146-3