Diversity and community structure of rapids-dwelling fishes of the Xingu River: Implications for conservation amid large-scale hydroelectric development

DB Fitzgerald, MHS Perez, LM Sousa… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
A recent boom in hydroelectric development in the world's most diverse tropical river basins
is currently threatening aquatic biodiversity on an unprecedented scale. Among the most …

Impact of Three Gorges Dam operation on the spawning success of four major Chinese carps

X Ban, P Diplas, WR Shih, B Pan, F Xiao, D Yun - Ecological Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The impact of the Three Gorges Dam on the downstream flow regime and carp communities
is assessed through a systematic examination of various indicators of hydrology (IHs) …

Baited remote underwater video as a promising nondestructive tool to assess fish assemblages in clearwater Amazonian rivers: testing the effect of bait and habitat …

K Schmid, JA Reis-Filho, E Harvey, T Giarrizzo - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
Baited remote underwater video (BRUV) systems are being used in marine ecosystems as a
nonextractive, cost-effective method of assessing the fish fauna with minimal species bias …

Influences of multiple anthropogenic disturbances coupled with a tailings dam rupture on spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblages of a tropical river

GN Salvador, LFA Montag, RM Hughes… - Freshwater …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Mariana disaster, resulting from the rupture of the Fundão tailings storage facility (TSF)
in 2015, was a large‐scale environmental disaster that drastically affected the entire channel …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary shift of a pimelodid catfish in response to the flood pulse in the Xingu River

MS Lima, SS Martins, LFA Montag… - Neotropical …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
We assessed the effect of a flood pulse on the diet composition, trophic niche breadth, and
feeding intensity of the mandi catfish Pimelodus blochii (Pimelodidae) in the middle Xingu …

[HTML][HTML] Population and reproductive parameters of the red-tailed catfish, Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes), from the Xingu River, Brazil

TMS Freitas, LFA Montag - Neotropical Ichthyology, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT A field study of the sex ratio, length-weight ratio, body size at first gonadal
maturation, and the breeding season of the red-tailed catfish, Phractocephalus …

[HTML][HTML] Sedentary fish as indicators of changes in the river flow rate after impoundment

YA Mendes, RS Oliveira, LFA Montag, MC Andrade… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The natural flood pulse of the Amazon basin has been altered progressively by the
installation of hydroelectric dams, which have had a potentially adverse impact on the local …

[HTML][HTML] Flood pulse influence on the feeding ecology of two Amazonian auchenipterid catfishes

TMS Freitas, BS Prudente, LFA Montag - Neotropical Ichthyology, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
We assessed the flood pulse effect on the diet composition, trophic niche breadth, and the
amount of food intake of two Amazonian auchenipterids with different feeding strategies …

[HTML][HTML] Biotelemetry reveals migratory behaviour of large catfish in the Xingu River, Eastern Amazon

L Hahn, EG Martins, LD Nunes, LF da Câmara… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
We used a combination of radio and acoustic telemetry to assess the movements of large
catfish (Pimelodidae) in the Xingu River, a clearwater tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil …

Sperm characterization of the endangered Amazonian fish Hypancistrus zebra: Basic knowledge for reproduction and conservation strategies

JS Caldas, L Godoy - Animal Reproduction Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Hypancistrus zebra is an ornamental fish endemic to the Xingu River (Brazilian Amazon)
and is critically endangered by the construction of a hydroelectric plant in its habitat and …