Ecosystem services generated by Neotropical freshwater fishes

FM Pelicice, AA Agostinho, VM Azevedo-Santos… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
To understand how Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFF) benefit society, we conducted a
broad literature survey to (i) map and list the ecosystem services (ES) generated by these …

Non-native fishes in Brazilian freshwaters: identifying biases and gaps in ecological research

BS Rocha, E García-Berthou, MV Cianciaruso - Biological Invasions, 2023 - Springer
Brazil is the country in the world with the highest freshwater fish diversity. Because of the
high rates of species introduction, the number of publications about invasive fish has …

Genomes of the Orestias pupfish from the Andean Altiplano shed light on their evolutionary history and phylogenetic relationships within Cyprinodontiformes

P Morales, F Gajardo, C Valdivieso, MA Valladares… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background To unravel the evolutionary history of a complex group, a comprehensive
reconstruction of its phylogenetic relationships is crucial. This requires meticulous taxon …

Microplastics and microfibers in the Guajará Bay, Amazon delta: Potential sources and variability

LFO Santos, V Neu, RCP Monteiro, VT Kütter… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The role of Amazon on the transport and as a source of microplastics (MPs) to the ocean is
uncertain. This study is an assessment on the distribution of MPs and microfibers (MFs) in a …

Past riverine connectivity effects in population structure and distribution of an endemic freshwater fish from northeastern Brazilian rivers: Phylogeographic, taxonomic …

L Oliveira‐Silva, H Batalha‐Filho, P Camelier… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The coastal basins of eastern Brazil are influenced by geomorphologic and climatic changes
that caused river captures and temporary paleo‐connections due to sea‐level oscillations …

[HTML][HTML] Fishes of the upper rio Paraná basin: diversity, biogeography and conservation

FCP Dagosta, MS Monção, BA Nagamatsu… - Neotropical …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
The upper rio Paraná basin drains the most developed and environmentally degraded
region in South America: the Brazilian southeast. While it is one of the most well-known …

Amazonian ichthyoplankton assessment via DNA metabarcoding: A baseline for detecting spawning sites of migratory fishes

LE Silva, RR Domingues, NG Sales, PMS Villela… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Neotropical fish fauna comprises approximately 6080 species, of which almost 3000
inhabit the Amazon River basin. However, the construction of hydroelectric dams has …

Functional diversity: a review on freshwater fish research

LC Gomes, RM Dias, R Ruaro, E Benedito - Neotropical Ichthyology, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Functional diversity is an emergent approach in ecology that has been applied globally to
better understand the relationships between organisms and the environment. However …

A Rare Fish Amphistome Revisited: The Phylogenetic Position of Kalitrema kalitrema (Trematoda: Cladorchiidae) Found in Hypostomus spp. (Siluriformes …

HA Pinto, C Pantoja, JCA Assis, D López-Hernández… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite recent advances in the molecular knowledge of amphistome trematodes, most
genera known from fish remain to be genetically characterized. This is the case for …

'They won't wear condoms, so why would we expect them to wear masks?': Social media,'circuit queens' and the 'gay civil war'during COVID-19

M Upton - Sexualities, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the Instagram account@ GaysoverCOVID which publicly exposed gay
men who appeared to disregard COVID-related restrictions during the pandemic. While …