Book ID: 86078
Carolsfeld, Joachim, Brian Harvey, Carmen Ross and Anton Baer (eds.)
Migratory Fishes of South America. Biology, Fisheries, and Conservation Status. 2004. XI, 372 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Migrating fish species within the great rivers of South Americasupport important local fisheries but are little known outside theirnative range. The authors cover the Upper Parana, Paraguay - Parana,Uruguay and Sao Francisco basins in Brazil,as well as the Brazilian andColombian Amazon. Discussion of the principal migratory species andtheir fascinating relationship with the water cyle in the rivers andwetlands, their often precarious conservation status, significancefor fisheries, etc.