Search Results - "Agostinho, Carlos Sérgio"
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Fish ladder of Lajeado Dam: migrations on one-way routes?
Published in Neotropical Ichthyology (2007)“…Fish ladders are generally conceived to reestablish connectivity among critical habitats for migratory species, thus mitigating the impacts of the blockage of…”
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Selectivity of fish ladders: a bottleneck in Neotropical fish movement
Published in Neotropical Ichthyology (2007)“…Although dozens of fish ladders have been constructed at dams of Brazilian reservoirs, there are few studies evaluating their efficiency as a tool for the…”
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Movements through a fish ladder: temporal patterns and motivations to move upstream
Published in Neotropical Ichthyology (2007)“…Fish passages are constructed with the aim of reestablishing connectivity between critical habitats, in order to sustain those species that move over a large…”
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Trophic guilds of fishes in sandbank habitats of a Neotropical river
Published in Neotropical Ichthyology (01-09-2007)“…The objective of this study was to characterize the trophic structure of the community of fishes exploiting riverine sandbank habitats. Collections were…”
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Genetic evidence for a species complex within the piranha Serrasalmus maculatus (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from three Neotropical river basins based on mitochondrial DNA sequences
Published in Genetics and molecular biology (01-01-2020)“…Mitochondrial molecular markers (DNA sequences of D-loop, cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase I) were employed to characterize populations of the piranha…”
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Deficient downstream passage through fish ladders: the case of Peixe Angical Dam, Tocantins River, Brazil
Published in Neotropical Ichthyology (01-10-2012)“…Downstream passage through fish ladders and other facilities remains largely uninvestigated in South America. In view of this concern, we monitored ascending…”
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Community reassembly after river regulation: rapid loss of fish diversity and the emergence of a new state
Published in Hydrobiologia (2020)“…Hydroelectric expansion has affected the functioning of most tropical rivers in the world. However, community reassembly in Neotropical impoundments remains…”
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Contrasting continental patterns and drivers of taxonomic and functional turnover among fish assemblages across Brazilian reservoirs
Published in Hydrobiologia (2022)“…In this paper, we investigated composition and trait turnover among fish assemblages in reservoirs distributed across major Brazilian basins, in order to…”
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rise and fall of fish diversity in a neotropical river after impoundment
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-01-2016)“…In contrast to the fast-paced dam construction and river ecosystem alteration which is taking place in the neotropics, ecological knowledge about the effects…”
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Fish trophic guild responses to damming: Variations in abundance and biomass
Published in River research and applications (01-03-2020)“…Dams and associated reservoirs cause drastic changes in the composition and structure of ichthyofauna. Therefore, functional groups within a fish assemblage…”
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Fish ladders: safe fish passage or hotspot for predation?
Published in Neotropical Ichthyology (01-10-2012)“…Fish ladders are a strategy for conserving biodiversity, as they can provide connectivity between fragmented habitats and reduce predation on shoals that…”
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All that goes up must come down? Absence of downstream passage through a fish ladder in a large Amazonian river
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-10-2011)“…Millions of fish ascend through fishways in South America every year, but there is no evidence that downstream passage is occurring in large dams. Based on…”
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Alternative ways to measure impacts of dam closure to the structure of fish communities of a neotropical river
Published in Ecohydrology (01-07-2016)“…Neotropical freshwaters host some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world and are among the most threatened by habitat alterations. The high number of…”
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Use of otoliths to estimate size at sexual maturity in fish
Published in Brazilian archives of biology and technology (2000)“…The viability of an alternative method for estimating the size at sexual maturity of females of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) was…”
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A multiple hypothesis approach to explain species richness patterns in neotropical stream-dweller fish communities
Published in PloS one (19-09-2018)“…Several hypotheses are used to explain species richness patterns. Some of them (e.g. species-area, species-energy, environment-energy, water-energy,…”
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Short-term changes in energy allocation by Hemiodontidae fish after the construction of a large reservoir (Lajeado Dam, Tocantins River)
Published in Neotropical Ichthyology (01-07-2014)“…The present study investigated energy allocation patterns in three fish species from the family Hemiodontidae (Argonectes robertsi, Hemiodus microlepis, and…”
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Abiotic Factors Influencing Piranha Attacks on Netted Fish in the Upper Paraná River, Brazil
Published in North American journal of fisheries management (01-08-1997)“…The influence of selected abiotic variables on the frequency of attack by piranhas Serrasalmus spilopleura and S. marginatus on gill‐netted fish was evaluated…”
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Genetic evidence for a species complex within the piranha Serrasalmus maculatus (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from three Neotropical river basins based on mitochondrial DNA sequences
Published in Genetics and molecular biology (2020)“…Abstract Mitochondrial molecular markers (DNA sequences of D-loop, cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase I) were employed to characterize populations of the…”
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Seleção de presas emalhadas em redes de espera por piranhas, Serrasalmus spilopleura e S. marginatus (Pisces, Serrasalmidae)
Published in Acta scientiarum. Biological sciences (01-05-2008)“…A freqüência de ataque de piranhas aos peixes emalhados foi analisada a partir de capturas mensais utilizando redes de espera, expostas durante 24 horas, com…”
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Invasão da piranha Serrasalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1847 no alto rio Paraná, Brasil (Osteichthyes, Serrasalmidae)
Published in Acta scientiarum. Biological sciences (01-05-2008)“…A construção da barragem de Itaipu, 150 km a jusante do salto de Sete Quedas, resultou no afogamento da barreira geográfica natural, com conseqüente mistura…”
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