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Poissant D, Coomes OT, Robinson BE, Vargas Dávila G. Fishers' ecological knowledge points to fishing-induced changes in the Peruvian Amazon. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2024:e2964. [PMID: 38842210 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Scientists increasingly draw on fishers' ecological knowledge (FEK) to gain a better understanding of fish biology and ecology, and inform options for fisheries management. We report on a study of FEK among fishers along the Lower Ucayali River in Peru, a region of exceptional productivity and diversity, which is also a major supplier of fish to the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon. Given a lack of available scientific information on stock status, we sought to identify temporal changes in the composition and size of exploited species by interviewing fishers from 18 communities who vary in years of fishing experience since the mid-1950s. We develop four FEK-based indicators to assess changes in the fish assemblage and compare findings with landings data. We find an intensification of fishing gear deployed over time and spatiotemporal shifts in the fish assemblage and reported declines in species weight, which point to a fishing-down process with declines across multiple species. This finding is reflected in a shifting baseline among our participants, whereby younger generations of fishers have different expectations regarding the distribution and size of species. Our study points to the importance of spillover effects from the nearby Pacaya-Samira National Reserve and community initiatives to support the regional fishery. Reference to fishers' knowledge also suggests that species decline is likely underreported in aggregated landings data. Despite the dynamism and diversity of Amazonian floodplain fisheries, simple FEK-based indicators can provide useful information for understanding fishing-induced changes in the fish assemblage. Fishers hold valuable knowledge for fishery management and conservation initiatives in the region.
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- David Poissant
- Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Urbano-Bonilla A, Garcia-Melo JE, Peña-Bermudez ME, Melo-Ortiz OE, Ordoñez OS, Correa SB, Carvalho TP, Maldonado-Ocampo JA. Fishes (Actinopterygii) of the rapids and associated environments in the lower Vaupés River Basin: an undiscovered Colombian Amazon diversity. Zookeys 2024; 1203:131-158. [PMID: 38855794 PMCID: PMC11161689 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.100642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
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The Vaupés River stands out as one of the few within the Amazon basin due to its numerous rapids. These riverine fast-flowing sections not only provide habitat to highly specialized fishes but also function as natural barriers hindering the movement of fish along its course. During a fish-collecting expedition in the lower Vaupés River basin in Colombia, 95 species were registered belonging to 30 families and seven orders. Despite recent inventories in the region, our comprehensive sampling efforts particularly focused on the rapids and associated rheophilic fauna, allowing us to contribute the first records of four fish species in Colombia (Mylopluslucienae Andrade, Ota, Bastos & Jégu, 2016, Tometesmakue Jégu, Santos & Jégu, 2002, also first record of the genus, Leptodoraspraelongus (Myers & Weitzman, 1956), and Eigenmanniamatintapereira Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015) and six presumably undescribed species (i.e., Jupiaba sp., Moenkhausia sp., Phenacogaster sp., Bunocephalus sp., Hemiancistrus sp., and Archolaemus sp.). In this study, a commented list of the ichthyofauna of these environments is presented, as well as a photographic catalog of fish species integrated into the CaVFish Project - Colombia.
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- Alexander Urbano-Bonilla
- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 N° 43-82, Bogotá, 110231, D.C., Colombia
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- Universidad de Ibagué, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Programa de Biología Ambiental, Tolima-Colombia, Ibague, Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 N° 43-82, Bogotá, 110231, D.C., Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 N° 43-82, Bogotá, 110231, D.C., Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 N° 43-82, Bogotá, 110231, D.C., Colombia
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- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA
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- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 N° 43-82, Bogotá, 110231, D.C., Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 N° 43-82, Bogotá, 110231, D.C., Colombia
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Correa DL, Maciel LAM, Lisboa LSS, Martorano LG, Rodrigues LRR. Local trade, spatial occurrence and conservation of hypostomus soniae (siluriformes, loricariidae), an ornamental fish endemic to the tapajos river, Brazil. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2024; 96:e20230866. [PMID: 38808780 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202420230866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
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Hypostomus soniae is a small sized armored catfish endemic to the Tapajos River basin and ranked as one of the most exploited ornamental fish in the Santarem export marketplace. This study aims to evaluate distributional patterns of Hypostomus soniae and contribute to the species conservation in the face of development of the ornamental fish trade in the Amazon region. We compiled data associated with geographic coordinates in public repositories, supplemented with original field records. We compared our data to published records in the literature and museum collections to check for accuracy. To investigate the fishery and commercialization of H. soniae, we conducted interviews with ornamental fish stakeholders from the local trade. We also made direct observations in the fishing sites and export facilities in Santarem. A cluster analysis of the geolocation data was carried out to explore the spatial distribution patterns. The volume of captures and exportation of H. soniae decreased during the period 2020-2023. The occurrence of H. soniae was associated with annual rainfall ranging from 2,000 mm to 2,500 mm and concentrated in two municipalities of the State of Mato Grosso and two of the Para State. The species distribution area has been threatened, unfortunately, by fishermen who do not respect the laws that support artisanal fishing in the Amazon.
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- Denison L Correa
- State University of Para (UEPA), Program BIONORTE, Centro, 256, 68626-000 Paragominas, PA, Brazil
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- Federal University of Western Para (UFOPA), Post Graduate Program in Society, Nature and Development (PPGSND), Campus Tapajos, Street Vera Paz, s/n, 68040-255 Santarem, PA, Brazil
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- Municipal Secretary of Belem SEMEC, Mathematics Department, Av. Gov. Jose Malcher, 1291, Nazaré, 66830-090 Belem, PA, Brazil
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- Embrapa Eastern Amazon/NAPT-PA, Trav. NS Um A, Diamond Quarter, 68020-240 Santarem, PA, Brazil
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- Federal University of Western Para (UFOPA), Associate Professor, PPG Rede BIONORTE, Federal Campus Tapajos, Vera Paz Street, s/n, 68040-255 Santarem, PA, Brazil
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Meschede MSC, Zagui GS, Celere BS, Machado GP, Gomes-Silva G, Santos DV, Sierra J, Nadal M, Domingo JL, Segura-Muñoz SI. Human exposure to elements through consumption of raw and cooked fish in an urban region of the central Brazilian Amazon biome: Health risks. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 347:123728. [PMID: 38458520 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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Fish is an important source of animal protein for local communities in the Amazon basin, whose food safety must be assured. However, certain potential toxicants elements, can bioaccumulate in fish species, which inhabit anthropogenically polluted waters, ultimately posing a risk to human health. In the present study, the concentrations of nine elements (Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn) were determined in raw and cooked samples of eight fish species consumed in Santarém (northern Brazil, Amazon biome). The potential for non- carcinogenic human health risks linked to the consumption of cooked fish were evaluated for adults and children in two different scenarios. Four carnivores, three omnivores and one detritivore, all of them regularly marketed and consumed by the Santarém population, were the target species. The safety reference values set by national and international guidelines for humans, in both raw and cooked preparations, were used. In most cases, the cooking process showed a trend to increase elements concentrations compared to raw samples, however the differences were not significant. Moreover, the risk assessment showed danger for children in relation to Hg from the consumption of fish, in both scenarios evaluated. For adults, in one of the scenarios, there was a health risk associated to Hg as a result of carnivorous fish consumption. In a context of combined exposure to all elements, children were at risk when consuming fish, especially carnivorous and omnivorous species. For adults, the mixture of elements posed a risk to health human only for carnivorous fish consumption. The results reveal an environmental scenario of Hg contamination, which requires monitoring actions to preserve the aquatic biodiversity and human health in the Brazilian Amazon biome.
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- Marina Smidt Celere Meschede
- University of Western Pará (UFOPA), Institute of Collective Health (ISCO), Santarém, Pará, Brazil; Laboratory of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Parasitology, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Water Resources Research Group, Postgraduate Program in Environmental Technology, University of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Parasitology, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Parasitology, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Parasitology, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Joan XXIII s/n Avenue, 08028, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Catalonia, Spain; Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), 43204, Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Catalonia, Spain; Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), 43204, Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Parasitology, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Li S, Harir M, Bastviken D, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Gonsior M, Enrich-Prast A, Valle J, Hertkorn N. Dearomatization drives complexity generation in freshwater organic matter. Nature 2024; 628:776-781. [PMID: 38658683 PMCID: PMC11043043 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07210-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is one of the most complex, dynamic and abundant sources of organic carbon, but its chemical reactivity remains uncertain1-3. Greater insights into DOM structural features could facilitate understanding its synthesis, turnover and processing in the global carbon cycle4,5. Here we use complementary multiplicity-edited 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra to quantify key substructures assembling the carbon skeletons of DOM from four main Amazon rivers and two mid-size Swedish boreal lakes. We find that one type of reaction mechanism, oxidative dearomatization (ODA), widely used in organic synthetic chemistry to create natural product scaffolds6-10, is probably a key driver for generating structural diversity during processing of DOM that are rich in suitable polyphenolic precursor molecules. Our data suggest a high abundance of tetrahedral quaternary carbons bound to one oxygen and three carbon atoms (OCqC3 units). These units are rare in common biomolecules but could be readily produced by ODA of lignin-derived and tannin-derived polyphenols. Tautomerization of (poly)phenols by ODA creates non-planar cyclohexadienones, which are subject to immediate and parallel cycloadditions. This combination leads to a proliferation of structural diversity of DOM compounds from early stages of DOM processing, with an increase in oxygenated aliphatic structures. Overall, we propose that ODA is a key reaction mechanism for complexity acceleration in the processing of DOM molecules, creation of new oxygenated aliphatic molecules and that it could be prevalent in nature.
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- Siyu Li
- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, USA
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- Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Institute of Marine Science, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos, Brazil
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
- Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Escobar Camacho D, Barragán KS, Guayasamin JM, Gavilanes G, Encalada AC. New records of native and introduced fish species in a river basin of Western Ecuador, the Chocó-Darien Ecoregion, using DNA barcoding. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298970. [PMID: 38457426 PMCID: PMC10923491 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
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DNA barcoding, based on mitochondrial markers, is widely applied in species identification and biodiversity studies. The aim of this study was to establish a barcoding reference database of fishes inhabiting the Cube River from Western Ecuador in the Chocó-Darien Global Ecoregion (CGE), a threatened ecoregion with high diversity and endemism, and evaluate the applicability of using barcoding for the identification of fish species. Barcode sequences were obtained from seven orders, 17 families, 23 genera and 26 species, which were validated through phylogenetic analysis, morphological measurements, and literature review. Our results showed that 43% of fish species in this region are endemic, confirmed the presence of known species in the area, and included the addition of three new records of native (Hoplias microlepis, Rhamdia guatemalensis and Sicydium salvini) and an introduced species (Xiphophorus maculatus) to Ecuador. In addition, eight species were barcoded for the first time. Species identification based on barcoding and morphology showed discrepancy with species lists from previous studies in the CGE, suggesting that the current baseline of western fishes of Ecuador is still incomplete. Because this study analyzed fishes from a relatively small basin (165 km2), more molecular-based studies focusing on fish are needed to achieve a robust sequence reference library of species inhabiting Western Ecuador. The new sequences of this study will be useful for future comparisons and biodiversity monitoring, supporting the application of barcoding tools for studying fish diversity in genetically unexplored regions and to develop well-informed conservation programs.
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- Daniel Escobar Camacho
- Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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Nunes CB, Vieira KC, Pereyra PER, Hallwass G, Cunha CV, Silvano RAM. 'From the sky to the ground': fishers' knowledge, landscape analysis and hydrological data indicate long-term environmental changes in Amazonian clear water rivers. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 904:166763. [PMID: 37666343 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Fishers possess detailed local ecological knowledge (LEK) which can be a valuable resource for tracking long-term environmental changes in less studied tropical rivers. Our goal was to investigate such changes in three clear water rivers in the Brazilian Amazon, focusing on hydrology, water quality and land cover. Additionally, we aimed to compare these changes among three rivers (Trombetas, Tapajós and Tocantins) representing a potential gradient of environmental changes. We interviewed 129 fishers (67 in Tapajós, 33 in Tocantins and 29 in Trombetas), and analyzed temporal series on land cover and hydrology respectively through maps produced by the project MapBiomas, and data from the Brazilian National Water Agency across the last 34 years (from 1985 to 2019). The complementary analyses of these three databases (mapping, hydrological data and fishers' knowledge) revealed environmental changes in the studied rivers. The maps showed a gradient of anthropic changes on land cover, from the less altered Trombetas river, the moderately altered Tapajós and the more intensely changed landscape in the Tocantins River. Fishers from the Tocantins River reported a greater variety of negative changes in water quality related to anthropic actions, such as dams, deforestation, and pollution. Additionally, most fishers indicated hydrological changes making the Tocantins River drier in more recent years, which would cause negative effects on fish populations. In the Tapajós River, fishers mentioned more varied hydrological patterns and negative effects on water quality linked to mining activities, whereas in Trombetas fishers perceived increased floods. The changes mentioned by the interviewed fishers matched observed trends from hydrological data indicating a trend of increasing droughts in the more impacted Tocantins River. Fishers' knowledge provided exclusive 'on the ground' data to track long-term changes on local hydrology and water quality, as well as inform the effects of these changes on fish and fisheries.
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- Carolina B Nunes
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Fisheries and Food Institute (FIFO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Educação do Campo, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará (UNIFESSPA), Marabá, PA, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil; Fisheries and Food Institute (FIFO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Kerr JR, Castro ALF, Melo NO, Daniels JA, Holgate A, Dolman LA, Silva LGM, Kemp PS. The effects of simulated hydropower turbine rapid decompression on two Neotropical fish species. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 903:166770. [PMID: 37660813 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Barotrauma is a major cause of injury and mortality of fish as they pass through hydropower turbines. Current understanding of hydropower related barotrauma is biased towards northern temperate and southern subtropical species with single chambered swim bladders, specifically North American and Australian species, respectively. Today, unprecedented hydropower development is taking place in Neotropical regions where many species have complex multi-chambered swim bladder architecture. This study investigated barotrauma in two dual-chambered physostomous Neotropical fish (pacu, Piaractus mesopotamicus, and piracanjuba, Brycon orbignyanus) exposed to rapid (< 1 s) decompression at different Ratios of Pressure Change (RPC), using a hypo-hyperbaric chamber. The incidence and intensity (percentage surface area of organ affected) of injury and physiological and behavioural response (hereafter just response) of each species immediately after decompression was assessed. Twenty-two injury types (e.g. gill haemorrhage and exophthalmia) and eight response categories (e.g. rising to the surface and loss of orientation) were identified and the influence of: 1) species, 2) RPC, and 3) swim bladder rupture on each was quantified. There was considerable interspecific difference with emboli type injuries occurring more frequently in piracanjuba, but injury intensity tending to be higher in pacu. Both swim bladder chambers tended to rupture in piracanjuba but only the anterior chamber in pacu. RPC was positively correlated with response, incidence and intensity of several injury types for both species with some injuries occurring at very low RPC (e.g. 50 % probability of swim bladder rupture at 2.2 and 1.75 for piracanjuba and pacu, respectively). Multiple responses (e.g. loss of orientation) and injuries (e.g. eye haemorrhage) were correlated with swim bladder rupture suggesting gas venting into the body cavity likely causes secondary injury. When directly comparing our results with those available in the published literature, both pacu and piracanjuba appear to be more susceptible to barotrauma than previously studied subtropical and temperate species.
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- J R Kerr
- International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Boldrewood Campus, Southampton SO16 7QF, United Kingdom.
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- Molecular Ecology & Ichthyology Lab, Department of Natural Sciences (DCNAT), Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Praça Frei Orlando 170, 36307-352 São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil
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- Molecular Ecology & Ichthyology Lab, Department of Natural Sciences (DCNAT), Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Praça Frei Orlando 170, 36307-352 São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil
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- International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Boldrewood Campus, Southampton SO16 7QF, United Kingdom
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- International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Boldrewood Campus, Southampton SO16 7QF, United Kingdom
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- International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Boldrewood Campus, Southampton SO16 7QF, United Kingdom
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- Stocker Lab, Institute for Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH-Zurich, Zurich 8046, Switzerland
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- International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Boldrewood Campus, Southampton SO16 7QF, United Kingdom
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Urbano-Bonilla A, Londoño-Burbano A, Carvalho TP. A new species of rheophilic armored catfish of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Vaupés River, Amazonas basin, Colombia. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2023; 103:1073-1084. [PMID: 37427785 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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A new rheophilic species of the genus Rineloricaria is described for the Amazon basin in Colombia. Rineloricaria cachivera n. sp. differs from its congeners by having anterior to the first predorsal plate, an inconspicuous saddle-like mark; the presence of dark, diffuse blotches, present as unified dark colouration along most of the dorsal portion of the head, without bands or spots on the head; a long snout that occupies more than half the head length (HL), between 58.0% and 66.3% HL; a naked portion on the cleithral area from the border of lower lip reaching the origin of pectoral fin; and by having five series of lateral plates in longitudinal rows below the dorsal fin. The new species is morphologically similar to Rineloricaria daraha; however, it can be distinguished by the presence of six branched pectoral fin rays (vs. seven) and the lower lip surface with short thick papillae (vs. long finger papillae). An identification key to the Rineloricaria species of the Amazon River basin in Colombia is provided. The new species is herein categorized as Least Concern, following the IUCN criteria.
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- Alexander Urbano-Bonilla
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Ictiología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Vertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Setor de Ictiologia Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Ictiología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Reis AC, Amaral D, Americo JA, Rebelo MF, Sousa SM. Cytogenetic characterization of the golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) reveals the absence of sex heteromorphic chromosomes. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2023; 95:e20201622. [PMID: 37341265 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202320201622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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The golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) is an aggressive invasive species in South America, where it endangers native species and freshwater ecosystems, in addition to causing extensive economic losses, mainly to the hydroelectric sector. Currently, there's no efficient control method available and the invasion has progressed across the continent. Its high reproduction rate is one of the key factors of the golden mussel's high invasive potential and, recently, efforts have been done in order to understand the reproduction and the sexual features of this species. However, its cytogenetics characterization is incipient and the possible occurrence of sex-specific cytogenetic features was never investigated. In this study, we aimed to characterize the chromosomal morphometry, the distribution profile of heterochromatin, and to detect possible sex-related epigenetic marks in the golden mussel. Results revealed that the karyotypic structure is similar in both sexes and no chromosome heteromorphism was observed between males and females specimens. The data increment the cytogenetic characterization of Limnoperna fortunei and contribute for future studies that aim to further investigate its reproduction and underlying sex determination processes.
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- Aryane C Reis
- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Genética e Biotecnologia, Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, s/n, 36036-900 Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Bio Bureau Biotecnologia, Rua Aloísio Teixeira, 278, Prédio 3, sala 310, 21941-850 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Genética e Biotecnologia, Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, s/n, 36036-900 Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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Silva-Oliveira C, Colares Canto AL, Ribeiro FRV. Knodus borari, a new species from the lower Rio Tapajós basin (Characiformes: Characidae). JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2023. [PMID: 37177854 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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A new species of Knodus from the Rio Cupari, a right-bank tributary of the lower Rio Tapajós, is described. Among its congeners, the new species shares exclusively with K. figueiredoi the presence of only uni-tricuspid teeth in the premaxilla, maxilla and dentary. Knodus borari differs from K. figueiredoi by the colour pattern and morphological characteristics. The new species is the fifth species of the genus described from the Rio Tapajós basin, and the second restricted to the lower portion of the basin. This is additional evidence that the lower Rio Tapajós basin is a region of ichthyofaunal endemism.
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- Cárlison Silva-Oliveira
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociedade, Natureza e Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Brazil
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Su G, Mertel A, Brosse S, Calabrese JM. Species invasiveness and community invasibility of North American freshwater fish fauna revealed via trait-based analysis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2332. [PMID: 37087448 PMCID: PMC10122662 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38107-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023] Open
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While biological invasions are recognized as a major threat to global biodiversity, determining non-native species' abilities to establish in new areas (species invasiveness) and the vulnerability of those areas to invasions (community invasibility) is challenging. Here, we use trait-based analysis to profile invasive species and quantify the community invasibility for >1,800 North American freshwater fish communities. We show that, in addition to effects attributed to propagule pressure caused by human intervention, species with higher fecundity, longer lifespan and larger size tend to be more invasive. Community invasibility peaks when the functional distance among native species was high, leaving unoccupied functional space for the establishment of potential invaders. Our findings illustrate how the functional traits of non-native species determining their invasiveness, and the functional characteristics of the invaded community determining its invasibility, may be identified. Considering those two determinants together will enable better predictions of invasions.
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- Guohuan Su
- Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Görlitz, Germany.
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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- Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Görlitz, Germany
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Görlitz, Germany
- Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Caldas B, Thieme ML, Shahbol N, Coelho ME, Grill G, Van Damme PA, Aranha R, Cañas C, Fagundes CK, Franco‐León N, Herrera‐Collazos EE, Jézéquel C, Montoya M, Mosquera‐Guerra F, Oliveira‐da‐Costa M, Paschoalini M, Petry P, Oberdorff T, Trujillo F, Tedesco PA, de Brito Ribeiro MCL. Identifying the current and future status of freshwater connectivity corridors in the Amazon Basin. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- Bureau of Water Resource Information St. Johns River Water Management District Palatka Florida USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society (former) Brasilia Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Pampa (current) Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- Evolution et diversite biologique, UMR EDB, CNRS 5174, IRD253, UPS Toulouse France
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- Aqualie Institute and Laboratory of Ecological Behavior and Bioacoutics of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora Juiz de Fora Minas Gerais Brazil
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- The Nature Conservancy, Latin America Freshwater Unit Hollis New Hampshire USA
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- Evolution et diversite biologique, UMR EDB, CNRS 5174, IRD253, UPS Toulouse France
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- Evolution et diversite biologique, UMR EDB, CNRS 5174, IRD253, UPS Toulouse France
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Chuctaya J, Meza-Vargas V, Faustino-Fuster DR, Hidalgo M, Ortega H. Lista de especies de peces de la cuenca del Río Ucayali, Perú. REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGÍA 2022. [DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v29i4.20049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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En este trabajo se presenta una lista actualizada de los registros de especies de peces de la cuenca del río Ucayali, Perú, provenientes de datos publicados y no publicados. Los resultados muestran que la cuenca del Ucayali presenta una ictiofauna rica y diversificada con el registro de 734 especies distribuidas en 15 órdenes, 49 familias y 292 géneros. La Ictiofauna está compuesta por peces miniatura (4%), peces pequeños (39%), medianos (41%), grandes (13%) y gigantes (3%). Los grupos dominantes son los Characiformes (312 especies, 43.0 %), Siluriformes (270 especies, 36.8%), Gymnotiformes (51 especies, 6.9%), y Cichliformes (50 especies, 6.8%). Parte de la ictiofauna es compartida con cuencas adyacentes como Marañón, y Amazonas peruano, principalmente en la región de confluencia, lo que contribuye a la notable diversidad de peces en la cuenca. Se observó una alta riqueza de especies con distribución restricta de los géneros Orestias, Astroblepus, Trichomycterus, Hemibrycon, entre otras especies, que ocurren en la región de cabeceras. Estimativos de riqueza de especies considerando su distribución por cada 100 m de altitud, indican que la cuenca del Ucayali esta subestimada, esperándose encontrar hasta 1125 especies. Los resultados aquí presentados son antecedentes que coadyuvaran a la toma de decisiones con fines de conservación y desarrollo sustentable en la región amazónica.
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Connections among Land Use, Water Quality, Biodiversity of Aquatic Invertebrates, and Fish Behavior in Amazon Rivers. TOXICS 2022; 10:toxics10040182. [PMID: 35448443 PMCID: PMC9031983 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10040182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rivers in the Amazon have among the greatest biodiversity in the world. The Xingu River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, has a length of 1640 km, draining 510,000 km2 in one of the most protected regions on the planet. The Middle Xingu region in Brazil has been highly impacted by mining and livestock farming, leading to habitat fragmentation due to altered water quality. Therefore, comparing two rivers (the preserved Xingu River and the impacted Fresco River) and their confluence, the aims of the present study were to (1) assess the land uses in the hydrographic basin; (2) determine the water quality by measurements of turbidity, total solids, and metals (Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, Zn, and Hg); (3) compare the zooplankton biodiversity; and (4) to evaluate the avoidance behavior of fish (Astyanax bimaculatus) when exposed to waters from the Xingu and Fresco Rivers. Zooplankton were grouped and counted down to the family level. For the analysis of fish avoidance, a multi-compartment system was used. The forest class predominated at the study locations, accounting for 57.6%, 60.8%, and 63.9% of the total area at P1XR, P2FR, and P3XFR, respectively, although since 1985, at the same points, the forest had been reduced by 31.3%, 25.7%, and 27.9%. The Xingu River presented almost 300% more invertebrate families than the Fresco River, and the fish population preferred its waters (>50%). The inputs from the Fresco River impacted the water quality of the Xingu River, leading to reductions in local invertebrate biodiversity and potential habitats for fish in a typical case of habitat fragmentation due to anthropic factors.
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Two novel species of Myxobolus parasitizing the gills of Semaprochilodus insignis in the Brazilian Amazon. Microb Pathog 2022; 165:105464. [PMID: 35247498 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The present study describes two new Myxobolus species infecting the gills of Semaprochilodus insignis, the most consumed freshwater fish species in the Brazilian Amazon. The fish specimens were caught in the Tapajós River, in the state of Pará, and the morphological, ultrastructural, small subunit ribosomal DNA (ssrDNA), and phylogenetic data of the myxosporean species were obtained. Two species of Myxobolus were found in the gills of S. insignis. Myxobolus maiai n. sp. developed in the gill filaments, and mature myxospores were round-shaped from the frontal view, measuring 12.5-14.8 (13.9 ± 0.5) μm in length, 11.4-13.8 (12.3 ± 0.5) μm in width, and have a thickness of 6.4-7.7 (6.9 ± 0.6) μm in the lateral view, with symmetric values. Its polar capsules were 4.4-6.6 (5.5 ± 0.5) μm in length and 2.3-3.7 (3.0 ± 0.3) μm in width, and the polar tubules had 4 - 5 coils. Myxobolus iarakiensis n. sp. was found infecting the gill arch. Mature myxospores were oval-shaped from the frontal view, and measured 6.7-8.6 (8.0 ± 0.4) μm in length, 4.5-6.3 (5.6 ± 0.4) μm in width, and had a thickness of 2.7-4.7 (3.8 ± 0.5) μm in the lateral view, with symmetric values. Its polar capsules were 2.1-3.7 (2.9 ± 0.3) μm in length and 1.1-2.0 (1.5 ± 0.2) μm in width, and its polar tubules had 4 - 5 coils. The ssrDNA based phylogeny showed these two novel species as grouping in a clade composed of parasite species of Prochilodontidae hosts.
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Flecker AS, Shi Q, Almeida RM, Angarita H, Gomes-Selman JM, García-Villacorta R, Sethi SA, Thomas SA, Poff NL, Forsberg BR, Heilpern SA, Hamilton SK, Abad JD, Anderson EP, Barros N, Bernal IC, Bernstein R, Cañas CM, Dangles O, Encalada AC, Fleischmann AS, Goulding M, Higgins J, Jézéquel C, Larson EI, McIntyre PB, Melack JM, Montoya M, Oberdorff T, Paiva R, Perez G, Rappazzo BH, Steinschneider S, Torres S, Varese M, Walter MT, Wu X, Xue Y, Zapata-Ríos XE, Gomes CP. Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion. Science 2022; 375:753-760. [PMID: 35175810 DOI: 10.1126/science.abj4017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Proposed hydropower dams at more than 350 sites throughout the Amazon require strategic evaluation of trade-offs between the numerous ecosystem services provided by Earth's largest and most biodiverse river basin. These services are spatially variable, hence collective impacts of newly built dams depend strongly on their configuration. We use multiobjective optimization to identify portfolios of sites that simultaneously minimize impacts on river flow, river connectivity, sediment transport, fish diversity, and greenhouse gas emissions while achieving energy production goals. We find that uncoordinated, dam-by-dam hydropower expansion has resulted in forgone ecosystem service benefits. Minimizing further damage from hydropower development requires considering diverse environmental impacts across the entire basin, as well as cooperation among Amazonian nations. Our findings offer a transferable model for the evaluation of hydropower expansion in transboundary basins.
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- Alexander S Flecker
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Northern Andes and South Central America Conservation Program, The Nature Conservancy, Bogotá 110231, Colombia.,Stockholm Environment Institute Latin America, Bogotá 110231, Colombia.,Department of Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Centro Peruano para la Biodiversidad y Conservación, Iquitos 16001, Perú
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.,Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia
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- National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus 69060-001, Brazil.,Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Montpelier, VT 05620, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, USA.,Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA
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- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología del Agua, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Lima 15063, Peru
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- Department of Earth and Environment and Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Biology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil
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- Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Université de Montpellier, UMR 5175, CNRS, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, F-34293 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito 170150, Ecuador
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- Institute of Hydraulic Research, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil
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- UMR EDB (Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique), CNRS 5174, IRD253, UPS, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Institute for Culture and Environment, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- UMR EDB (Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique), CNRS 5174, IRD253, UPS, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Hydraulic Research, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil
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- Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito 170143, Ecuador.,Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios en Recursos Hídricos, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito 170143, Ecuador
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito 170143, Ecuador.,Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios en Recursos Hídricos, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito 170143, Ecuador
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- Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Mariac C, Duponchelle F, Miranda G, Ramallo C, Wallace R, Tarifa G, Garcia-Davila C, Ortega H, Pinto J, Renno JF. Unveiling biogeographical patterns of the ichthyofauna in the Tuichi basin, a biodiversity hotspot in the Bolivian Amazon, using environmental DNA. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262357. [PMID: 34982802 PMCID: PMC8726463 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
To date, more than 2400 valid fish species have been recorded in the Amazon basin. However, some regions remain poorly documented. This is the case in the Beni basin and in particular in one of its main sub-basins, the Tuichi, an Andean foothills rivers flowing through the Madidi National Park in the Bolivian Amazonia. The knowledge of its ichthyological diversity is, however, essential for the management and protection of aquatic ecosystems, which are threatened by the development of infrastructures (dams, factories and cities), mining and deforestation. Environmental DNA (eDNA) has been relatively little used so far in the Amazon basin. We sampled eDNA from water in 34 sites in lakes and rivers in the Beni basin including 22 sites in the Tuichi sub-basin, during the dry season. To assess the biogeographical patterns of the amazonian ichthyofauna, we implemented a metabarcoding approach using two pairs of specific primers designed and developed in our laboratory to amplify two partially overlapping CO1 fragments, one of 185bp and another of 285bp. We detected 252 fish taxa (207 at species level) among which 57 are newly identified for the Beni watershed. Species compositions are significantly different between lakes and rivers but also between rivers according to their hydrographic rank and altitude. Furthermore, the diversity patterns are related to the different hydro-ecoregions through which the Tuichi flows. The eDNA approach makes it possible to identify and complete the inventory of the ichthyofauna in this still poorly documented Amazon basin. However, taxonomic identification remains constrained by the lack of reference barcodes in public databases and does not allow the assignment of all OTUs. Our results can be taken into account in conservation and management strategies and could serve as a baseline for future studies, including on other Andean tributaries.
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- Cédric Mariac
- DIADE, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France
- Laboratoire Mixte International—Evolution et Domestication de l’Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI—EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Mixte International—Evolution et Domestication de l’Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI—EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Paris, France
- MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Mixte International—Evolution et Domestication de l’Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI—EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Paris, France
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bolivia Program, La Paz, Bolivia
- Unidad de Limnología, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bolivia Program, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bolivia Program, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bolivia Program, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Laboratoire Mixte International—Evolution et Domestication de l’Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI—EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Paris, France
- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Iquitos, Perú
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- Departamento de Ictiología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- Unidad de Limnología, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
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- DIADE, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France
- Laboratoire Mixte International—Evolution et Domestication de l’Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI—EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Paris, France
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Duarte C, Farago TLB, dos Anjos CS, dos Santos NR, do Nascimento LM, Cella-Ribeiro A, de Deus CP. Spatial and seasonal variation of benthic fish assemblages in whitewater rivers of Central Amazon. BIOTA NEOTROPICA 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2021-1312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Abstract Despite the high number of fish species described for the Amazon region, the ichthyofauna that inhabits the depths of the main channels of large tropical rivers is one of the least known. In order to know the diversity patterns of these fish in whitewater rivers of the Central Amazon, we used data from the main channel benthic fish assemblage of the Japurá, Purus and Madeira rivers and tested the hypothesis that there are marked spatial and seasonal differences in the composition of the fish community among them. For this, we used a multivariate dispersion test, total β diversity and its decomposition into local (LCBD) and species contribution to β diversity (SCBD). Additionally, we tested for relationships between LCBD values and richness, total abundance, and environmental variables. We categorized species with higher SCBD values into resident or migratory to investigate the potential importance of floodplains to benthic fish assemblage of the main channel of whitewater rivers. Our results corroborate the proposed hypothesis, showing that there are seasonal and inter-river differences in benthic ichthyofauna, being more evident for the Purus River. LCBD showed strong negative relationships with species richness and total abundance, particularly in the Japurá and Madeira rivers in rising season, indicating that rivers and season with high uniqueness in their composition also had low richness and abundance. LCBD was negatively correlated with conductivity and pH, which increased with declining these environmental variables, as observed mainly in Japurá River in both seasons. Approximately one third of the species had higher than average SCBD values and were considered major contributors to β diversity, as well as classified as migratory. This demonstrates the importance of conducting studies that use spatial and seasonal variables, in addition to including the background fish fauna in conservation studies, expanding the protected area and taking into account the different patterns of diversity between rivers. Furthermore, these differences in assemblage composition might be explained by the asymmetrical spatial use of habitats during different seasons, strongly suggesting the importance of the flood-pulse cycle for maintaining diversity in this environment.
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- Cleber Duarte
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brasil; Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Brasil
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Bogotá-Gregory JD, DoNascimiento C, Lima FCT, Acosta-Santos A, Villa-Navarro FA, Urbano-Bonilla A, Mojica JI, Agudelo E. Fishes from the Colombian Amazonia region: species composition from the river systems within the rainforest biome. BIOTA NEOTROPICA 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2022-1392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Abstract The Colombian Amazon region is part of the Neotropical rainforest (humid forest biome) covering an area of 483,163 km2 and includes tributaries of both the Amazon and Orinoco River basins. The aquatic ecosystems found there include: rivers and alluvial plains originating in Andean headwaters, on eroded soils of tropical forests in the lowlands, and Guiana Shield formations, comprising a dense fluvial drainage network in the lowlands, with Paleogene/Neogene geological formations (terra firme streams in higher places that don’t usually flood) and Paleozoic (shield streams); and Andean and Guiana Shield streams above 200–250 m a.s.l. We present here an exhaustive compilation of published information, supported by fish collections, consisting of a list of 1104 species distributed in 375 genera, 53 families, and 16 orders. We include occurrence data of these species in each sub-basin. The presence/absence species matrix was analyzed using a dendrogram and non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analysis to identify patterns of similarity between basins and sub-basins. We evaluated species composition between basins and among the different geological origins using PERMANOVA. The dendrogram shows co-occurrences of 404 species in the two basins. It also shows two clear groupings of the sub-basins of the Amazon (except Guainía-Negro drainages) and those of the Orinoco. Within the Amazon Basin, there are two nodes according to the geological origin: systems of Andean origin and those of the lowlands. The dendrogram results are consistent with the NMDS analysis, which shows a clear grouping according to the connectivity of the basins; the Guainía-Negro is included in the Amazon basin. Species distribution patterns were supported by the PERMANOVA, and differed significantly between basins (F = 4.3, R = 0.26, P = 0.003) and geological origin (F = 3.6, R = 0.23, P = 0.003). The number of species in this study represents almost a fifth of the ichthyofauna of the Neotropics and about a third of that of the Amazon River basin; clearly supporting Colombia’s status among the countries with the greatest diversity of freshwater fish species of the planet. We include here a significant number of new records (75 spp), provide a first approximation of the distribution patterns, and a framework for future biogeographical studies.
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- Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas-SINCHI, Colombia
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Canto ALC, Hercos AP, Ribeiro FRV. Description of a new species of miniature catfish of the genus Ammoglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from rio Tapajós basin, Brazil. NEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abstract A new species of Ammoglanis is described from the rio Aruri Grande, rio Jamanxim drainage, a right bank tributary to the middle rio Tapajós, Pará State, Brazil. The new species is identified and defined through morphological characters such as color pattern, consisting of eight or nine transverse dark bars regularly spaced along the dorsum; skeletal morphology; numbers of premaxillary teeth, vertebrae, and dorsal- and pectoral-fin rays; presence of cranial fontanel and two small, finger-like papillae on chin anterior to the gular apex. The new species probably is an additional example of endemism in the rio Tapajós basin.
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Aguirre WE, Alvarez‐Mieles G, Anaguano‐Yancha F, Burgos Morán R, Cucalón RV, Escobar‐Camacho D, Jácome‐Negrete I, Jiménez Prado P, Laaz E, Miranda‐Troya K, Navarrete‐Amaya R, Nugra Salazar F, Revelo W, Rivadeneira JF, Valdiviezo Rivera J, Zárate Hugo E. Conservation threats and future prospects for the freshwater fishes of Ecuador: A hotspot of Neotropical fish diversity. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2021; 99:1158-1189. [PMID: 34235726 PMCID: PMC8518725 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Freshwater fish communities in Ecuador exhibit some of the highest levels of diversity and endemism in the Neotropics. Unfortunately, aquatic ecosystems in the country are under serious threat and conditions are deteriorating. In 2018-19, the government of Ecuador sponsored a series of workshops to examine the conservation status of Ecuador's freshwater fishes. Concerns were identified for 35 species, most of which are native to the Amazon region, and overfishing of Amazonian pimelodid catfishes emerged as a major issue. However, much of the information needed to make decisions across fish groups and regions was not available, hindering the process and highlighting the need for a review of the conservation threats to Ecuador's freshwater fishes. Here, we review how the physical alteration of rivers, deforestation, wetland and floodplain degradation, agricultural and urban water pollution, mining, oil extraction, dams, overfishing, introduced species and climate change are affecting freshwater fishes in Ecuador. Although many of these factors affect fishes throughout the Neotropics, the lack of data on Ecuadorian fish communities is staggering and highlights the urgent need for more research. We also make recommendations, including the need for proper enforcement of existing environmental laws, restoration of degraded aquatic ecosystems, establishment of a national monitoring system for freshwater ecosystems, investment in research to fill gaps in knowledge, and encouragement of public engagement in citizen science and conservation efforts. Freshwater fishes are an important component of the cultural and biological legacy of the Ecuadorian people. Conserving them for future generations is critical.
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- Windsor E. Aguirre
- Department of Biological SciencesDePaul UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Instituto Nacional de BiodiversidadQuitoEcuador
- Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesDePaul UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Present address:
Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation BiologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana‐ChampaignChampaignIllinoisUSA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto de Estudios Amazónicos e InsularesUniversidad Central del EcuadorQuitoEcuador
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede EsmeraldasEsmeraldasEcuador
- Área de Ecología, Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Escuela Politécnica Superior de HuescaUniversidad de ZaragozaHuescaSpain
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- Instituto Público de Investigación de Acuicultura y PescaGuayaquilEcuador
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- ONG Bosque Medicinal, ONG Forest.inkGualaquizaEcuador
- Laboratorio de Limnología de la Universidad del AzuayCuencaEcuador
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- Unidad de Recursos Demersales Bentónicos de Agua Dulce y EmbalsesInstituto Público de Investigación de Acuicultura y PescaGuayaquilEcuador
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Hilsdorf AWS, Uliano-Silva M, Coutinho LL, Montenegro H, Almeida-Val VMF, Pinhal D. Genome assembly and annotation of the tambaqui ( Colossoma macropomum): an emblematic fish of the Amazon River Basin. GIGABYTE 2021; 2021:gigabyte29. [PMID: 36824330 PMCID: PMC9650303 DOI: 10.46471/gigabyte.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Colossoma macropomum, known as "tambaqui", is the largest Characiformes fish in the Amazon River Basin and a leading species in Brazilian aquaculture and fisheries. Good quality meat and excellent adaptability to culture systems are some of its remarkable farming features. To support studies into the genetics and genomics of the tambaqui, we have produced the first high-quality genome for the species. We combined Illumina and PacBio sequencing technologies to generate a reference genome, assembled with 39× coverage of long reads and polished to a consensus quality value (QV) of 36 with 130× coverage of short reads. The genome was assembled into 1269 scaffolds (a total of 1,221,847,006 bases), with a scaffold N50 size of 40 Mb, where 93% of all assembled bases were placed in the largest 54 scaffolds corresponding to the diploid karyotype of the tambaqui. Furthermore, the NCBI Annotation Pipeline annotated genes, pseudogenes, and non-coding transcripts using the RefSeq database as evidence, guaranteeing a high-quality annotation. A Genome Data Viewer for the tambaqui was produced, which will benefit groups interested in exploring the unique genomic features of the species. The availability of a highly accurate genome assembly for tambaqui provides the foundation for the discovery of novel ecological and evolutionary insights, and is a helpful resource for aquaculture.
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- Alexandre Wagner Silva Hilsdorf
- Integrated Center of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, P.O. Box 411, Mogi das Cruzes, SP 08780-911, Brazil, Corresponding authors. E-mail: ;
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- Animal Science Department, University of São Paulo (USP)/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Animal Science Department, University of São Paulo (USP)/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution, Manaus, AM 69067-375, Brazil
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618-689, Brazil, Corresponding authors. E-mail: ;
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de Santana CD, Parenti LR, Dillman CB, Coddington JA, Bastos DA, Baldwin CC, Zuanon J, Torrente-Vilara G, Covain R, Menezes NA, Datovo A, Sado T, Miya M. The critical role of natural history museums in advancing eDNA for biodiversity studies: a case study with Amazonian fishes. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18159. [PMID: 34518574 PMCID: PMC8438044 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97128-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Ichthyological surveys have traditionally been conducted using whole-specimen, capture-based sampling with varied but conventional fishing gear. Recently, environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as a complementary, and possible alternative, approach to whole-specimen methodologies. In the tropics, where much of the diversity remains undescribed, vast reaches continue unexplored, and anthropogenic activities are constant threats; there have been few eDNA attempts for ichthyological inventories. We tested the discriminatory power of eDNA using MiFish primers with existing public reference libraries and compared this with capture-based methods in two distinct ecosystems in the megadiverse Amazon basin. In our study, eDNA provided an accurate snapshot of the fishes at higher taxonomic levels and corroborated its effectiveness to detect specialized fish assemblages. Some flaws in fish metabarcoding studies are routine issues addressed in natural history museums. Thus, by expanding their archives and adopting a series of initiatives linking collection-based research, training and outreach, natural history museums can enable the effective use of eDNA to survey Earth's hotspots of biodiversity before taxa go extinct. Our project surveying poorly explored rivers and using DNA vouchered archives to build metabarcoding libraries for Neotropical fishes can serve as a model of this protocol.
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- C David de Santana
- Division of Fishes, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, MRC 159, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA.
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- Division of Fishes, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, MRC 159, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA
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- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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- Global Genome Initiative, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (BADPI), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil
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- Division of Fishes, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, MRC 159, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus Baixada Santista, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Museum of Natural History, Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, route de Malagnou 1, PO Box 6434, 1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland
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- Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), Av. Nazaré, 481, São Paulo, SP, 04263-000, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), Av. Nazaré, 481, São Paulo, SP, 04263-000, Brazil
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- Natural History Museum and Institute, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682, Japan
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- Natural History Museum and Institute, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682, Japan
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Tencatt LFC, Dos Santos SA, Evers HG, Britto MR. Corydoras fulleri (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), a new catfish species from the rio Madeira basin, Peru. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2021; 99:614-628. [PMID: 33837549 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A new long-snouted Corydoras species is described from two tributaries of the río Manuripe and a tributary of the río Madre de Dios, rio Madeira basin, Peru. Corydoras fulleri can be distinguished from its congeners by having the following features: (a) branch of the temporal sensory canal at sphenotic, which gives rise to the supraorbital canal, with two pores; (b) upper tooth plate of branchial arch with three series of teeth; (c) area at the corner of the mouth, ventral to the maxillary barbel, with a small fleshy flap; (d) two moderate-sized dark-brown or black blotches on caudal-fin base, one on its lateral portion and another one on its dorsal portion, blotches variably diffuse and/or fused with each other; (e) absence of a dark-brown or black stripe transversally crossing the orbit; (f) a longitudinal dark-brown or black stripe on the postdorsal region of flank midline, variably fused with the lateral peduncular blotch, some specimens with slender, longitudinally elongated, dark-brown or black blotch on flank midline, forming a dash-like marking, stripe or dash-like blotch diffuse in some specimens; and (g) region around dorsal-fin origin generally lacking dark brown or black blotch, or displaying diffuse blotch.
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- Luiz Fernando Caserta Tencatt
- Instituto de Biociências, Setor de Zoologia, Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
- Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Unidade Universitária de Coxim, Rua General Mendes de Moraes, Coxim, Brazil
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- Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Setor de Ictiologia, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Setor de Ictiologia, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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de Vasconcellos ACS, Hallwass G, Bezerra JG, Aciole ANS, Meneses HNDM, Lima MDO, de Jesus IM, Hacon SDS, Basta PC. Health Risk Assessment of Mercury Exposure from Fish Consumption in Munduruku Indigenous Communities in the Brazilian Amazon. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:7940. [PMID: 34360233 PMCID: PMC8345402 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18157940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Fish serves as the principal source of animal protein for the indigenous people of the Amazon, ensuring their food and nutritional security. However, gold mining causes mercury (Hg) contamination in fish, and consequently increases health risks associated with fish consumption. The aim of this study was to assess the health risk attributed to the consumption of mercury-contaminated fish by Munduruku indigenous communities in the Middle-Tapajós Region. Different fish species were collected in the Sawré Muybu Indigenous Land to determine mercury levels. The health risk assessment was carried out according to the World Health Organization (WHO 2008) methodology and different scenarios were built for counterfactual analysis. Eighty-eight fish specimens from 17 species and four trophic levels were analyzed. Estimates of Hg ingestion indicated that the methylmercury daily intake exceeds the U.S. EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) (2000) reference dose from 3 to 25-fold, and up to 11 times the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)/WHO (2003) dose recommendation. In all situations analyzed, the risk ratio estimates were above 1.0, meaning that the investigated Munduruku communities are at serious risk of harm as a result of ingestion of mercury-contaminated fish. These results indicate that, at present, fish consumption is not safe for this Munduruku population. This hazardous situation threatens the survival of this indigenous population, their food security, and their culture.
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- Ana Claudia Santiago de Vasconcellos
- Laboratory of Professional Education in Health Surveillance, Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Human Ecology, Fish, Fisheries and Conservation, Postgraduate Program in Biosciences, Federal University of West Para, 68270-000 Oriximiná, Brazil; (G.H.); (J.G.B.); (A.N.S.A.)
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- Laboratory of Human Ecology, Fish, Fisheries and Conservation, Postgraduate Program in Biosciences, Federal University of West Para, 68270-000 Oriximiná, Brazil; (G.H.); (J.G.B.); (A.N.S.A.)
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- Laboratory of Human Ecology, Fish, Fisheries and Conservation, Postgraduate Program in Biosciences, Federal University of West Para, 68270-000 Oriximiná, Brazil; (G.H.); (J.G.B.); (A.N.S.A.)
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- Environment Section, Evandro Chagas Institute, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health, 67030-000 Ananindeua, Brazil; (M.O.L.); (I.M.J.)
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- Environment Section, Evandro Chagas Institute, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health, 67030-000 Ananindeua, Brazil; (M.O.L.); (I.M.J.)
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- Samuel Pessoa Department of Endemics, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
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- Samuel Pessoa Department of Endemics, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
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Mariac C, Renno JF, Carmen Garcia-Davila, Vigouroux Y, Mejia E, Angulo C, Castro Ruiz D, Estivals G, Nolorbe C, García Vasquez A, Nuñez J, Cochonneau G, Flores M, Alvarado J, Vertiz J, Chota-Macuyama W, Sánchez H, Miranda G, Duponchelle F. Species-level ichthyoplankton dynamics for 97 fishes in two major river basins of the Amazon using quantitative metabarcoding. Mol Ecol 2021; 31:1627-1648. [PMID: 33949023 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The Amazon basin holds the world's largest freshwater fish diversity. Information on the intensity and timing of reproductive ecology of Amazonian fish is scant. We use a metabarcoding method by capture using a single probe to quantify species-level ichthyoplankton dynamics. We sampled the Marañón and the Ucayali rivers in Peru monthly for 2 years. We identified 97 species that spawned mainly during the flood start, the flood end or the receding periods, although some species had spawning activity in more than one period. This information was new for 40 of the species in the Amazon basin and 80 species in Peru. Most species ceased spawning for a month during a strong hydrological anomaly in January 2016, demonstrating the rapidity with which they react to environmental modifications during the breeding season. We also document another unreported event in the Amazon basin, the inverse phenology of species belonging to one genus (Triportheus). Overall larval flow in the Marañón was more than twice that of the Ucayali, including for most commercial species (between two and 20 times higher), whereas the Ucayali accounts for ~80% of the fisheries landings in the region. Our results are discussed in the light of the main anthropogenic threats to fishes, hydropower dam construction and the Hidrovía Amazónica, and should serve as a pre-impact baseline.
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- Cédric Mariac
- DIADE, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- DIADE, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- DIADE, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,BOREA, MNHN, SU, UA, CNRS, IRD, Université de Caen-Normandie, France
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular (LBGM), Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Perú
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Wildlife Conservation Society, Bolivia Program, La Paz, Bolivia.,Unidad de Limnología, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Laboratoire Mixte International - Evolution et Domestication de l'Ichtyofaune Amazonienne (LMI - EDIA), IIAP, UAGRM, IRD, Montpellier, France.,MARBEC, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Barbarossa V, Bosmans J, Wanders N, King H, Bierkens MFP, Huijbregts MAJ, Schipper AM. Threats of global warming to the world's freshwater fishes. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1701. [PMID: 33723261 PMCID: PMC7960982 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21655-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Climate change poses a significant threat to global biodiversity, but freshwater fishes have been largely ignored in climate change assessments. Here, we assess threats of future flow and water temperature extremes to ~11,500 riverine fish species. In a 3.2 °C warmer world (no further emission cuts after current governments’ pledges for 2030), 36% of the species have over half of their present-day geographic range exposed to climatic extremes beyond current levels. Threats are largest in tropical and sub-arid regions and increases in maximum water temperature are more threatening than changes in flow extremes. In comparison, 9% of the species are projected to have more than half of their present-day geographic range threatened in a 2 °C warmer world, which further reduces to 4% of the species if warming is limited to 1.5 °C. Our results highlight the need to intensify (inter)national commitments to limit global warming if freshwater biodiversity is to be safeguarded. Climate change is a threat to global biodiversity, but the potential effects on freshwater fishes have not been well studied. Here the authors model future flow and water temperature extremes and predict that increases in water temperature in particular will pose serious threats to freshwater fishes
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- Valerio Barbarossa
- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. .,PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, The Netherlands. .,Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Unilever R&D, Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Sharnbrook, UK
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- Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Deltares, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Campos DF, Amanajás RD, Almeida-Val VMF, Val AL. Climate vulnerability of South American freshwater fish: Thermal tolerance and acclimation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART 2021; 335:723-734. [PMID: 33689240 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Freshwater fish are restricted by their physiology to rivers and lakes, and are generally limited in their capacity to disperse across basins. As a result, there is often a close match between the evolutionary history of river basins and their natural history. Thus, the regional landscape and ecological features, such as temperature, have shaped the evolution and adaptation of local fish assemblages. Climate change is expected to affect fish diversity and increase extinction, especially in low latitudes, and it has been suggested that species that inhabit low latitude species are more susceptible since they live close to their maximum thermal limits and have low capacity for acclimation. To understand the mechanisms of variation in thermal tolerance across a broad-scale of South American fishes is fundamental to be able to assess the vulnerability of species and habitat to global warming. Herein, we present the first attempt to analyze the vulnerability of South American freshwater fish species, based on the review of upper thermal limits of 106 species from a broad range of latitudinal habitats. Our findings show that upper thermal limits decrease with latitude, while the thermal safety margin (TSM) increase. Furthermore, the latitude has little effects on the acclimation response ratio, and the TSM decreased with rising temperatures. These data suggest that thermal phenotypic acclimation has low potential for mitigating global warming. These results indicate that South American fish species living in tropical areas are more susceptible to global warming since they are already living close to their maximum habitat temperature.
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- Derek F Campos
- Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution, Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution, Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution, Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution, Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
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Guimarães KLA, Rosso JJ, Souza MFB, Díaz de Astarloa JM, Rodrigues LRR. Integrative taxonomy reveals disjunct distribution and first record of Hoplias misionera (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) in the Amazon River basin: morphological, DNA barcoding and cytogenetic considerations. NEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abstract The Hoplias malabaricus group encompasses six valid species and still is believed to harbors cryptic diversity. In this work, an integrative approach including morphological, DNA barcoding, and cytogenetic considerations was conducted to characterize a population of H. malabaricus from the Amazon basin that was recently allocated in the same mitochondrial lineage with H. misionera, a species originally described from La Plata basin. The DNA barcoding analysis revealed that the Amazon population nested together with H. misionera specimens from the La Plata basin (BIN AAB1732) in the same cluster. The intragroup distance (0.5%) was 12 times lower than the nearest neighbor (6%) distance. The morphometric analysis demonstrated slightly variation between Amazon and La Plata populations, being the former composed by larger specimens. Further morphological data supported the molecular evidence of H. misionera inhabiting Amazon basin. The karyotype characterization of H. misionera in the Amazon population showed 2n=40 and karyotypic formulae 20m+20sm, that added to C-banding, Ag-NOR and 18S results are suggestive of the similarity to karyomorph C of H. malabaricus. This work reveals the first record of H. misionera outside of La Plata basin and expands the species distribution for 2500 km northward until the Marajó Island, estuary of Amazonas River.
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- Karen L. A. Guimarães
- Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil
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- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
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- Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil
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The Mekong River is one of the world’s largest rivers and has an annual captured fish production of about 2.3 million tonnes, equivalent to around 11 billion USD. Although the Mekong provides important ecological and socioeconomic benefits to millions of people, it is facing intensive change due to anthropogenic stressors. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the changes to the spatiotemporal fish communities to inform sustainable fisheries management. Here, we aimed to characterize patterns of the fish communities and identify the ecological status of each fish community using daily catch data from 2007 to 2018 at 25 monitoring sites in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). The collected data were classified by a self-organizing map into four main groups. Group 4 represented the lower Vietnam Mekong Delta (VMD), while groups 1, 2, and 3 were subdivided into subgroups 1a (upper LMB), 1b (upper and middle LMB), 2a (Mekong River below the Khone Falls and Sesan River), 2b (Mekong River below the Khone Falls and Sekong, Sesan and Srepok (3S) Rivers), 3a (Floodplain-Tonle Sap and Songkhram) and 3b (upper VMD). Among the 571 species recorded, 119 were identified as indicator species. Based on the abundance and biomass comparison curves, the fish community of 2b was in a healthier condition with a positive W-statistic value while the rest had a negative W-statistic value. The highest species richness and diversity were observed in 3a and 2b, so these subgroups deserve high management and conservation priority. Likewise, 1a should also be considered as a high priority area since it harbors several endangered and long-distant migratory fishes. It was also noticed that the fish communities of groups 3 and 4, located far from the hydropower dams, remained mostly unchanged compared to those of groups 1 and 2, close to the mainstream and tributary dams in the upper LMB and 3S Rivers.
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Chuctaya J, Ohara WM, Malabarba LR. A new species of Odontostilbe cope (Characiformes: Cheirodontinae) from rio Madeira basin diagnosed based on morphological and molecular data. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2020; 97:1701-1712. [PMID: 32914470 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A new species of Odontostilbe is described from the rio Jaciparaná, rio Madeira basin, Rondônia, Brazil. Odontostilbe pacaasnovos differs from all its congeners, except O. pequira, by the colour pattern. Additionally, it differs from its congeners by the terminal mouth, number of cusps in the teeth of the premaxilla (5-7), number of branched rays in the anal fin (19-22), by the shape of dentary teeth (5-7 cusps with central cusp larger and longer than laterals cusps) and by the number of lamellae of the olfactory rosette (17-18 in male and 14 in female). Morphological and molecular comparisons corroborate the distinctiveness between O. pacaasnovos and its congeners, justifying its recognition as a new species.
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- Junior Chuctaya
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Departamento de Ictiologia, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de História Natural, Lima, Peru
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Presidente Médici, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Miranda-Chumacero G, Mariac C, Duponchelle F, Painter L, Wallace R, Cochonneau G, Molina-Rodriguez J, Garcia-Davila C, Renno JF. Threatened fish spawning area revealed by specific metabarcoding identification of eggs and larvae in the Beni River, upper Amazon. Glob Ecol Conserv 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Herrera-R GA, Oberdorff T, Anderson EP, Brosse S, Carvajal-Vallejos FM, Frederico RG, Hidalgo M, Jézéquel C, Maldonado M, Maldonado-Ocampo JA, Ortega H, Radinger J, Torrente-Vilara G, Zuanon J, Tedesco PA. The combined effects of climate change and river fragmentation on the distribution of Andean Amazon fishes. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2020; 26:5509-5523. [PMID: 32785968 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Upstream range shifts of freshwater fishes have been documented in recent years due to ongoing climate change. River fragmentation by dams, presenting physical barriers, can limit the climatically induced spatial redistribution of fishes. Andean freshwater ecosystems in the Neotropical region are expected to be highly affected by these future disturbances. However, proper evaluations are still missing. Combining species distribution models and functional traits of Andean Amazon fishes, coupled with dam locations and climatic projections (2070s), we (a) evaluated the potential impacts of future climate on species ranges, (b) investigated the combined impact of river fragmentation and climate change and (c) tested the relationships between these impacts and species functional traits. Results show that climate change will induce range contraction for most of the Andean Amazon fish species, particularly those inhabiting highlands. Dams are not predicted to greatly limit future range shifts for most species (i.e., the Barrier effect). However, some of these barriers should prevent upstream shifts for a considerable number of species, reducing future potential diversity in some basins. River fragmentation is predicted to act jointly with climate change in promoting a considerable decrease in the probability of species to persist in the long-term because of splitting species ranges in smaller fragments (i.e., the Isolation effect). Benthic and fast-flowing water adapted species with hydrodynamic bodies are significantly associated with severe range contractions from climate change.
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- Guido A Herrera-R
- UMR Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS 5174, IRD 253, UPS, Toulouse, France
- Department of Earth and Environment and Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- UMR Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS 5174, IRD 253, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Earth and Environment and Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- UMR Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS 5174, IRD 253, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Cultivo de Tejidos Vegetales, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ictiología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- UMR Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS 5174, IRD 253, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Unidad de Limnología y Recursos Acuáticos, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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- Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Laboratorio de Ictiología, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Ictiología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- GRECO, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- Coordenacão de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- UMR Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS 5174, IRD 253, UPS, Toulouse, France
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High-Resolution Surface Water Classifications of the Xingu River, Brazil, Pre and Post Operationalization of the Belo Monte Hydropower Complex. DATA 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/data5030075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We describe a new high spatial resolution surface water classification dataset generated for the Xingu river, Brazil, from its confluence with the Iriri river to the Pimental dam prior to construction of the Belo Monte hydropower complex, and after its operationalization. This river is well-known for its exceptionally high diversity and endemism in ichthyofauna. Pre-existing datasets generated from moderate resolution satellite imagery (e.g., 30 m) do not adequately capture the extent of the river. Accurate measurements of water extent are important for a range of applications utilizing surface water data, including greenhouse gas emission estimation, land cover change mapping, and habitat loss/change estimates, among others. We generated the new classifications from RapidEye imagery (5 m pixel size) for 2011 and PlanteScope imagery (3 m pixel size) for 2019 using a Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) approach.
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Participatory Research with Fishers to Improve Knowledge on Small-Scale Fisheries in Tropical Rivers. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12114487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Freshwater small-scale fisheries sustain millions of livelihoods worldwide, but a lack of monitoring makes it difficult to check the sustainability of these fisheries. We aim to compare and describe participatory research methods used in studies with fishers in the Tapajos River, a poorly known tropical river in the Brazilian Amazon. We address three interview approaches, two ways to do fisheries monitoring and two approaches for georeferenced mapping based on fishers’ knowledge, which can provide data about at least 16 topics related to fisheries. We highlight major advantages and shortcomings of these methods and illustrate their potential with examples of results on fisheries and fish biology of Peacock bass (Cichla spp. tucunaré in Brazil), an important commercial fish in the Brazilian Amazon. The interviews, participatory monitoring and mapping revealed which fish are more valued by local communities, how fish abundance and sizes varied over time, when fish are more often caught and show reproductive activity, and which sites or habitats fish need to reproduce. In addition to providing useful data from many sites in a cost-effective way, participatory methods can bring the additional benefit of including local stakeholders in the monitoring, management, and research activities.
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Silva RSD, Corrêa F, Oliveira LPD, Guerra V, Barros BS, Vieira LJS. Ichthyofauna of sandy beaches along the Acre river, Brazil. BIOTA NEOTROPICA 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2020-0988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Abstract: Despite increasing efforts in recent years to catalog the fish diversity of Amazonian rivers, many regions are still under-sampled, and sandy beach environments are particularly poorly understood. The present study focused on a 300 km stretch of the Acre river, in the southwestern Amazon basin, where we sampled 30 sandy beaches separated by a mean interval of 10 km. We collected 15,329 fish representing 80 species, 26 families, and nine orders. The Characiformes were the most abundant order, providing 88.24% of the individuals collected, followed by the Siluriformes, with 10.03%, while the Siluriformes had the highest species richness, with 37 species (45.0%), followed by the Characiformes, with 30 (37.5%). The most abundant species were the characiforms Knodus orteguasae and Creagruto barrigai. Reliable data on a region’s biota is fundamental for the evaluation of patterns of biodiversity, and the occurrence and management of threatened species. As fish are directly affected by pollutants and the degradation of aquatic environments, further research in areas that are still poorly sampled will be essential for the elaboration of effective conservation strategies.
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- Universidade Federal do Acre, Brasil; Universidade Federal do Acre, Brasil; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna, Brasil
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