We gratefully acknowledge the support of Department of Water and Electric Energy staff for their help during the development of this work.Also,we thank the Foundation for Supporting Teaching and Research for funding this work,Funding for Eric Hallerman's participation in this work was provided in part by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and the Hatch Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,U.S.Department of Agriculture.
We describe key production-related traits of trahira(Hoplias malabaricus),an aquaculture candidate species,in a semi-intensive fish farming system.We quantified growth from hatch through grow-out at two stocking densi...
Supported by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel(CAPES),Ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation of Brazil(Grant No.PROAP/2014).
Electric fishes(Gymnotiformes)inhabit Central and South America and form a relatively large group with more than 200 species.Besides a taxonomic challenge due to their still unresolved systematic,wide distribution and...
The Capim River drainage should be considered small and thin by comparison with large Amazonian rivers. It rises by confluence of the Surubiú and Ararandeua rivers near 400 m high and their headwaters would be comfor...
supported by FAPEMIG(PRONEX),FAPEMIG-Vale SA(RDP-00043-10/2010-1);CNPq(473428/2004-0,303558/2009-1,473809/2008-7 and Pro-Reitoria de Pesquisa da UFMG.).
Parrots are among the most popular pets in the world and they are also some of the most illegally traded, particularly in Brazil. Some computational tools were recently developed by researchers based on molecular data...
A bryophyte propagule bank serves as a source for population maintenance and survival, and many factors can influence these propagules’ germination. However, it is unknown how soil depths affect propagules banks, the...
FAPESP process number:2009/17118-9 for financial support
Indiscriminate disposal of residues of domestic and/or industrial origin in aquatic ecosystems resulting from urban activities causes concern about their effects on the fauna. Substances absorbed by animals, such as t...
We provide a list of bird species for Ribeira lagoon, a protected area in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Data were obtained in monthly surveys in points along a continuous transect, between August 2008 and July ...
Although the importance of mangroves is clearly recognized around the world, these ecosystems are being strongly altered by the logging of their forests for multiple purposes. The Colombian Pacific coast is not an exc...