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vii | (4) |
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xi | (2) |
| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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Colombian and Peruvian Studies |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (2) |
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The Geological and Biological Backdrop |
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2. Large Fishes of Amazon River Channels |
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3. Technology of Catfish Exploitation |
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39 | (14) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (4) |
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45 | (4) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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Trawls and Industrial Fisheries of the Estuary |
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51 | (2) |
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4. Catfish Yields and Value |
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53 | (10) |
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Economic Value of Catfish Exports |
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54 | (2) |
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Market and Ecological Data on the Catfish Fisheries |
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56 | (2) |
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Piramutaba Fisheries in the Estuary |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (2) |
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5. Migration and Reproduction |
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The Absence of Diadromous Species in the Amazon |
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64 | (1) |
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Characin Migrations Outside the Amazon Basin |
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65 | (2) |
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Fish Migrations in the Rio Madeira Basin |
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67 | (1) |
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Fish Migrations in the Lower Rio Negro |
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68 | (1) |
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Fish Migrations in the Lower Rio Tocantins |
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69 | (1) |
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Piramutaba Migrations in the Amazon |
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69 | (10) |
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Dourada Migrations in the Amazon |
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79 | (9) |
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88 | (2) |
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Other Large Migratory Catfish in the Amazon |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (26) |
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Predator Diversity in River Channels and the Estuary |
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94 | (2) |
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Prey Diversity in River Channels and the Estuary |
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96 | (7) |
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103 | (6) |
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Overlap in Diets of Large Catfishes |
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109 | (2) |
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Foodchains and Large Catfishes in River Channels |
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111 | (2) |
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Foodchains and Catfishes in the Estuary |
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113 | (1) |
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Interactions of Dolphins and Predatory Catfishes |
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114 | (1) |
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Predatory Catfish Versus Commercial Fisheries |
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115 | (4) |
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119 | (8) |
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Management: Possible and Necessary |
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124 | (3) |
| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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