<b>E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919
The availability of freshwater aquarium fish species for sale was surveyed from July 2005 to June 2006 in Brazilian electronic commerce and the Orkut website. São Paulo was the leading state regarding virtual shops, auctions on Arremate/Mercado Livre, and hobbyists on Orkut, with 52, 44 and 46%, res...
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| description | The availability of freshwater aquarium fish species for sale was surveyed from July 2005 to June 2006 in Brazilian electronic commerce and the Orkut website. São Paulo was the leading state regarding virtual shops, auctions on Arremate/Mercado Livre, and hobbyists on Orkut, with 52, 44 and 46%, respectively. The Southeast and South regions led the offer of pest species such as C. carpio, C. auratus and P. reticulate. Among the 207 species for sale, 14 species considered potential pests were identified, contrasting with only one page that warned about the dangers of aquarium dumping. The easy access to fish (especially the potential pest species) through e-commerce and Orkut, together with the low total price (unitary value + shipping and handling ranging from US$ 17.67 to 30.39), and fast interstate delivery (two-four days on average) confirm the widespread e-commerce accessibility and its high dispersal potential via postal services and home hobbyists trade. It is imperative to enforce the use of warnings or alert messages in e-commerce about the dangers of biological invasions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-834c2b7c22cd4903a011bf554aedf3482022-12-22T01:22:32ZengUniversidade Estadual de MaringáActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences1679-92831807-863X2010-09-0132310.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919<b>E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919André Lincoln Barroso de Magalhães0Claudia Maria Jacobi1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 2 Centro Universitário UNA, Rua José Cláudio Rezende, 80, 30455-590, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrasilUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrasilThe availability of freshwater aquarium fish species for sale was surveyed from July 2005 to June 2006 in Brazilian electronic commerce and the Orkut website. São Paulo was the leading state regarding virtual shops, auctions on Arremate/Mercado Livre, and hobbyists on Orkut, with 52, 44 and 46%, respectively. The Southeast and South regions led the offer of pest species such as C. carpio, C. auratus and P. reticulate. Among the 207 species for sale, 14 species considered potential pests were identified, contrasting with only one page that warned about the dangers of aquarium dumping. The easy access to fish (especially the potential pest species) through e-commerce and Orkut, together with the low total price (unitary value + shipping and handling ranging from US$ 17.67 to 30.39), and fast interstate delivery (two-four days on average) confirm the widespread e-commerce accessibility and its high dispersal potential via postal services and home hobbyists trade. It is imperative to enforce the use of warnings or alert messages in e-commerce about the dangers of biological invasions.https://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/3919virtual shopshobbyistsbiological invasions |
| spellingShingle | André Lincoln Barroso de Magalhães Claudia Maria Jacobi <b>E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919 Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences virtual shops hobbyists biological invasions |
| title | <b>E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919 |
| title_full | <b>E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919 |
| title_fullStr | <b>E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919 |
| title_full_unstemmed | <b>E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919 |
| title_short | <b>E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919 |
| title_sort | b e commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes potential disseminator of exotic species in brazil b doi 10 4025 actascibiolsci v32i3 3919 |
| topic | virtual shops hobbyists biological invasions |
| url | https://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/3919 |
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