Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status International Development Research Centre The World Bank World Fisheries Trust text dcu Washington, D.C The World Bank 2004 monographic eng

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1 online resource (384 p.) Fish species that migrate within the great rivers of South America support important local fisheries but are little known outside their native range. This book, written specially for the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre, represents the first collection of the work of local scientific experts on these remarkable fish. The authors cover the Upper Paran�, Paraguay-Paran�, Uruguay and S�o Francisco basins in Brazil, as well as the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon. They discuss not only the principal migratory species and their fascinating relationship with the water cycle in the rivers and wetlands, but also the fisheries they support, and their often precarious conservation status. Carolsfeld, Joachim; Harvey, Brian; Ross, Carmen; Baer, Anton Agriculture Ecosystems and Natural Habitats Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture River Basin Management Water Resources Wetlands Wildlife Resources Print Version: 1552501140 http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9781552501146 http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9781552501146 020129 20260707185202.0 1389