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A traditional floodplain fishery of the lower Amazon River, Brasil
Type: Journal Article
This paper describes fishing activities of households in four communities located in a floodplain lake system of the lower Amazon river. An average of 42 households were interviewed about their fishing activity on a monthly ...
Length-weight relationship of small pelagic fish species of the southeast and South Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone
Type: Journal Article
The length-weight relationship (LWR) parameters of 23 small pelagic fish species (belonging to 13 families) from the south-southeast Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone in 1996 and 1997 are presented. The b values varied ...
Participatory management of a reservoir fishery in northeastern Brazil
Type: Journal Article
Consensus, compromise and cooperation. That was how more than 100 fishers reached agreement on how they would manage their own fishery in a small reservoir in northeastern Brazil. The long hard road that led to the agreement, ...
Parameter estimates for fishes of the upper Paraná river floodplain and Itaipu reservoir (Brazil)
Type: Journal Article
Estimates of the growth (K), natural mortality (M), consumption/biomass (Q/B) rate and trophic level (TL) for 35 species in the upper Paraná river floodplain and the Itaipu reservoir (interconnected ecosystems) are presented. ...
Population parameters of 'corvina' (Plagioscion squamosissimus) in the Barra Bonita Reservoir, Brazil
Type: Journal Article
Estimates for the growth parameters (L sub( infinity ) and K) mortality coefficients (Z,M and F) and exploitation rate (E) for the sciaenid Plagioscion squamosissimus are presented. The following results were obtained: 1) ...
Length-weight relationship of fishes caught in the Itaipu Reservoir, Parana, Brazil
Type: Journal Article
Parameters and related statistics of the length-weight relationship of the form W=aL super(b) are presented for 72 species of fish caught in the area of the Itaipu Reservoir in Parana, Brazil. The b values varied between ...
Life cycle and biological parameters of several Brazilian Amazon fish species
Type: Journal Article
This contribution summarizes knowledge on the biology (population dynamics, reproduction, ecology) of 25 fish species from the Lower Amazon, Brazil, based on data from a Brazilian-German field project (IARA) and a review ...
Length-weight relationship of marine fishes from southern Brazil
Type: Journal Article
The relationship between length (L) and weight (W) was estimated for 80 species belonging to 50 families of marine fishes from the shelf and upper slope of southern Brazil (lat. 28°S - 34°S). Sample sizes (n) for different ...
Length-weight relationship of marine fish species off Sao Sebastiao system, Sao Paulo, Souteastern Brazil
Type: Journal Article
The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W = a . L super(b) were estimated for 57 fish species sampled in Sao Sebastiao Channel and shelf system in 1997, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The b values ranged ...
Reproductive season of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus in the coastal waters of northern Brazil
Type: Journal Article
The spawning season of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille) was identified based on adult specimens collected monthly off northeastern Brazil, from August 1982 to July 1988. The maturity indices used ...