Fishes from the Las Piedras River, Madre de Dios basin, Peruvian Amazon
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Documentation of the Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Pimelodidae Catfish Spawning and Larvae Dispersion in the Madre De Dios River (peru): Insights for Conservation in the Andean-amazon Headwaters
Catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in the Amazon River Basin serve important ecological and economic roles in structuring foodwebs, transferring nutrients and providing food resources for human populations. Large-scale developments such as construction of the Interoceanic Highway and associated proposed hydroelectric facilities could lead to alterations in river hydrology and aquatic ecosyst...
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عنوان ژورنال: Check List
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1809-127X
DOI: 10.15560/8.5.973