Upstream dam impacts on gilded catfish Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in the Bolivian Amazon

ABSTRACT This paper explores the effects of two run-of-river dams (Jirau and Santo Antônio) built in cascade in the middle Madeira River (Brazil) on the interruption of long-distance migration routes of the gilded catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii). A participative monitoring system was set up t...

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Main Authors: Paul A. Van Damme, Leslie Córdova-Clavijo, Claudio Baigún, Marilia Hauser, Carolina R. da Costa Doria, Fabrice Duponchelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2019-12-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252019000500213&tlng=en