Temporal and Spatial Stability on the Population Structure of Consumed and Illegally Traded Big-Headed Amazon River Turtle in the Negro River Basin, Central Amazon, Brazil by Juarez C. B. Pezzuti, Juarez C. B. Pezzuti, Tamires Oliveira, Jackson Pantoja-Lima, George Henrique Rebêlo, George Henrique Rebêlo, Daniely Félix-Silva

“…In the Negro River Basin, the podocnemidid big-headed Amazon River turtle, Peltocephalus dumerilianus, is heavily exploited for consumption and poached for illegal trade among riverine communities and cities. …”
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OCCURRENCE AND SOURCES OF PRIORITY POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN SEDIMENT SAMPLES ALONG THE AURÁ RIVER (NORTHERN BRAZIL) by Camila Carneiro Santos, Lorena da Silva Soares, José Augusto Martins Corrêa

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Pivotal temperature and sexual dimorphism of Podocnemis expansa hatchlings (Testudines: Podocnemididae) from Bananal Island, Brazil by Adélio Lubiana, Paulo Dias Ferreira Júnior

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Conflicts and violence in structuring metaphors of the Santo Daime, a religious and environmental movement in the Brazilian Amazon by Titti Schmidt

Subjects: “…Amazon River Region…”
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Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon by Lucena Rocha Virgilio, Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira, Lorrana Santana Almeida, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti

Subjects: “…Amazon River basin…”
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The influence of environmental variables in the reproductive performance of Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) (Caridea: Palaemonidae) females in a continental population by JOÃO ALBERTO F. PANTALEÃO, ABNER CARVALHO-BATISTA, SARAH S.A. TEODORO, ROGÉRIO C. COSTA

Subjects: “…Amazon river prawn…”
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Ovarian development and spawning of Macrobrachium amazonicum (Crustacea, Decapoda) by Emerson Ventura, Allysson Winick-Silva, Renata A. Shinozaki-Mendes

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Insular Fishermen and markets: aspects of reciprocity relationships in the fishing market of Pará State by Wilma Marques Leitão, Isabel Soares de Sousa

Subjects: “…Amazon river estuarie…”
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Management and relocation of nests of Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) (Testudines, Podocnemididae) on the Crixás-Açu river, Brazil by AS. Gomes, PD. Ferreira Júnior

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Fish consumption on the Amazon: a review of biodiversity, hydropower and food security issues by A. Begossi, S. V. Salivonchyk, G. Hallwass, N. Hanazaki, P. F. M. Lopes, R. A. M. Silvano, D. Dumaresq, J. Pittock

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From cultural domains to cognitive models: inference and explanation in cognitive anthropology by Matti Kamppinen

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Trends in streamflow, evapotranspiration, and groundwater storage across the Amazon Basin linked to changing precipitation and land cover by Brent Porter Heerspink, Anthony D. Kendall, Michael T. Coe, David W. Hyndman

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Gastrointestinal parasites of Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Testudines: Podocnemididae) from Jaú National Park, Brazilian Amazon by Luciana Raffi Menegaldo, Carmen Andrea Arias-Pacheco, Patricia Parreira Perin, José Hairton Tebaldi, Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe

Subjects: “…Big-headed Amazon River turtle…”
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Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980 by Ayan S Fleischmann, Fabrice Papa, Stephen K Hamilton, Alice Fassoni-Andrade, Sly Wongchuig, Jhan-Carlo Espinoza, Rodrigo C D Paiva, John M Melack, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, Leandro Castello, Rafael M Almeida, Marie-Paule Bonnet, Luna G Alves, Daniel Moreira, Dai Yamazaki, Menaka Revel, Walter Collischonn

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Influence of the Amazon River on dissolved and intra-cellular metal concentrations in <i>Trichodesmium</i> colonies along the western boundary of the sub-tropical North Atlantic Ocean by S. A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy, A. Tovar-Sanchez

“…We report dissolved (<0.22 μm) metal concentrations measured in surface waters (Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mo, Ni, P, Pb and V) and in the total and the intracellular pool (Ag, Al, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, P, Pb, V) of <i>Trichodesmium</i> populations collected in the western subtropical North Atlantic Ocean (April–May 2003) within the influence of the Amazon River plume. Dissolved element distributions were strongly influenced by the River discharge, with concentrations of some elements varying directly (i.e. …”
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New record of Rineloricaria daraha Rapp Py-Daniel &amp;amp; Fichberg, 2008 from Rio Paca, upper Rio Negro, Amazon River basin by Juan Bogotá-Gregory, Francisco Provenzano, Astrid Acosta-Santos, Edwin Agudelo Córdoba

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Reproductive indices in natural nests of giant Amazon river turtles Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) (Testudines, Podocnemididae) in the Environmental Protection Area Meanders of the Araguaia river by JRF Alves-Júnior, APG Lustosa, ACS Bosso, RAM Balestra, LF Bastos, LB Miranda, ALQ Santos

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<title language="eng">Description of Microvelia urucara sp. nov. and new distributional data on veliids (Insecta: Heteroptera: Veliidae): from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil by Felipe F. F Moreira, Julianna F Barbosa, Jorge L Nessimian

“…<abstract language="eng">Based on material collected on streams and lakes from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, Microvelia urucara sp. nov. is described, illustrated and compared with similar species. …”
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A new species of Orientatractis (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea: Atractidae) parasite of Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Testudines: Podocnemididae) in Brazilian Amazon by Ronald Ferreira Jesus, Sara Caroline Gama Oliveira, Isabel Mercedes Centeno Ramos, Francisco Tiago Vasconcelos Melo

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New distribution record of the weakly electric fish Steatogenys ocellatus Crampton, Thorsen &amp;amp; Albert 2004, in the Putumayo River, upper Amazon river basin, Colombia by Juan Bogotá-Gregory, César A. Bonilla-Castillo, Edwin Agudelo Córdoba

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