Reservoirs have been built in almost all of the hydrographic basins of Brazil. Their purposes
include water supply for cities, irrigation and mainly, generation of electricity. There are more …

Esta revisão apresenta uma síntese a respeito da plasticidade alimentar em teleósteos de
água doce em relação às variações espaço-temporais, ontogenéticas, individuais e …

Publisher Summary This chapter emphasizes the ecological responses of fishes to spatial
and temporal variation in tropical stream habitats. It also discusses the steps to alleviate …

Foram amostrados 17 trechos de riachos com 100 m de extensão, todos de ordem igual ou
menor a três, ao longo de ambas as margens do canal principal do Rio Paranapanema, SP …

Diets of most of fish species inhabiting a floodplain lake in central Amazonia were studied
over a two years and half period. Based on the percentage of relative occurrence of 11 …

We assessed the trophic structure of the fish fauna in Sinhá Mariana pond, Mato Grosso
State, from March 2000 to February 2001. The aim was to determine the feeding patterns of …

The Paraná River is the second longest river in South America and the tenth largest river in
the world in water discharge. The upper stretches are characterized by high human …

Brazil is amongst the ten nations with the greatest shale gas reservoirs in the world. Despite
that, the knowledge regarding hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technique for the exploration of …

During the past centuries, increased urbanization and sewage disposal, regulation of
wetlands and streams and more intensive farming practices have increased the nutrient …

A dam on a river course induces numerous changes in the aquatic environment both in the
newly formed reservoir and in the river downstream. These changes modify the food …