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The Catfish Connection: Ecology, Migration, and Conservation of Amazon Predators


Author(s): Barthem, Ronaldo
ISBN10:  023110832X
ISBN13:  9780231108324
Format:  Hardcover
Pub. Date:  10/1/1997
Publisher(s): Columbia Univ Pr

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SummaryTable of Contents
In The Catfish Connection, two leading scientists offer a groundbreaking ecological view of the Amazon as seen through some of its most curious and widespread animals: the large predatory catfish that dominate the river channels and estuary.
List of Figures
vii(4)
List of Tables
xi(2)
Preface xiii(2)
Acknowledgments xv
1. Introduction
1(12)
Period of Study
2(1)
Colombian and Peruvian Studies
2(1)
Studying Migration
3(1)
The Amazon Region
3(1)
The Amazon River
4(2)
The Geological and Biological Backdrop
6(7)
2. Large Fishes of Amazon River Channels
13(26)
3. Technology of Catfish Exploitation
39(14)
Fishing Craft
39(2)
Gill-Net Fisheries
41(4)
Trotline Fishing
45(4)
Catfish Seines
49(1)
Gill-Net Seines
50(1)
Harpoons and Spears
50(1)
Gaff Fisheries
50(1)
Castnets
50(1)
Trawls and Industrial Fisheries of the Estuary
51(2)
4. Catfish Yields and Value
53(10)
Economic Value of Catfish Exports
54(2)
Market and Ecological Data on the Catfish Fisheries
56(2)
Piramutaba Fisheries in the Estuary
58(1)
Colombia
59(1)
Amazonas, Brazil
59(2)
Para, Brazil
61(2)
5. Migration and Reproduction
63(30)
The Absence of Diadromous Species in the Amazon
64(1)
Characin Migrations Outside the Amazon Basin
65(2)
Fish Migrations in the Rio Madeira Basin
67(1)
Fish Migrations in the Lower Rio Negro
68(1)
Fish Migrations in the Lower Rio Tocantins
69(1)
Piramutaba Migrations in the Amazon
69(10)
Dourada Migrations in the Amazon
79(9)
Babao Migrations
88(2)
Other Large Migratory Catfish in the Amazon
90(3)
6. Catfish as Predators
93(26)
Predator Diversity in River Channels and the Estuary
94(2)
Prey Diversity in River Channels and the Estuary
96(7)
Prey Selectivity
103(6)
Overlap in Diets of Large Catfishes
109(2)
Foodchains and Large Catfishes in River Channels
111(2)
Foodchains and Catfishes in the Estuary
113(1)
Interactions of Dolphins and Predatory Catfishes
114(1)
Predatory Catfish Versus Commercial Fisheries
115(4)
7. Conclusion
119(8)
Management: Possible and Necessary
124(3)
Bibliography 127(10)
Index 137

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