Eutrophication resulting from high nutrient loading has been the paramount environmental
problem for lakes world-wide for the past four decades. Efforts are being made in many parts …

The introduction and use of non‐native species in aquaculture have played a central role in
the development of this economic sector worldwide. Tilapia is one of the most widely …

We present a new map depicting the first global biogeographic regionalization of Earth's
freshwater systems. This map of freshwater ecoregions is based on the distributions and …

A global strategy to conserve biodiversity must aim to protect representative examples of all
of the world's ecosystems, as well as those areas that contain exceptional concentrations of …

Empirical relationships are presented to estimate in fishes, asymptotic length (L∞) from
maximum observed length (Lmax), length at first maturity (Lm) from L∞, life span (tmax) from …

The precise number of extant fish species remains to be determined. About 28,900 species
were listed in FishBase in 2005, but some experts feel that the final total may be …

The common name 'tilapia'refers to a group of tropical freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae
(Oreochromis, Tilapia, and Sarotherodon spp.) that are indigenous to Africa and the …

" This is an exciting piece of work--well-written, well-researched, and authoritative."--Simon
A. Levin, Editor-in-Chief of Encyclopedia of Biodiversity" The book amounts to a detailed …

Lakes and rivers of the tropics are rich with variety and human relevance, yet do not figure
prominently in surveys of general freshwater biology and limnology. The details of the …

The main hypotheses proposed to explain barrier formation separating populations and
causing the differentiation of species in Amazonia during the course of geological history are …