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Migratory Fishes of South America: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status

By Brian Harvey , Anton Baer

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0968395821, 9780968395820, 9781552501146
ASIN
B0013FPS1W
Open Library ID
OL11767651M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5057158 bytes)
Pages
372\384
Topic
Biology Biophysics
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Fish species that migrate within the great rivers of South America support important local fisheries but are little known outside their native range. This book, written especially for the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre, represents the first collection of scientific experts on these remarkable fish. The authors cover the upper Parana, Paraguay-Parana, Uruguay and Sao Francisco basins in Brazil, as well as the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon. They discuss not only the principal migratory species and their fascinating relationship with the water cycle in the rivers and wetlands, but also the fisheries they support, and their often precarious conservation status.

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