Carolsfeld, JoachimHarvey, BrianRoss, CarmenBaer, AntonCarolsfeld, JoachimHarvey, BrianRoss, CarmenBaer, Anton2013-08-082013-08-0820040-9683958-2-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14929Fish species that migrate within the great rivers of South America support important local fisheries but are little known outside their native range. This book, written specially for the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre, represents the first collection of the work of local scientific experts on these remarkable fish. The authors cover the Upper Parana, Paraguay-Parana, Uruguay and São Francisco basins in Brazil, as well as the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon. They discuss not only the principal migratory species and their fascinating relationship with the water cycle in the rivers and wetlands, but also the fisheries they support, and their often precarious conservation status.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADULT FISHAGRICULTUREAQUATIC LIFEARTISANAL FISHINGBASINBASINSBIODIVERSITYBIOLOGYBIOMASSCATFISHCATFISHESCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOMMERCIAL FISHERIESCONSERVATIONCROPSCURRENTSDAMSDAUNTING TASKDISCHARGEDOMDREDGINGDRIFTECOLOGYECOSYSTEMSENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONEXOTIC SPECIESFINFISHFISHFISH PASSAGEFISH POPULATIONSFISH SPECIESFISH STOCKSFISHERIESFISHERIES MANAGEMENTFISHERMANFISHERMENFISHERYFISHERY CONSERVATIONFISHERY STATISTICSFISHESFISHINGFLOODINGFLOODPLAINSFLOODSFLOODWATERSFOOD SOURCEFORESTSFRESHWATERFRESHWATER FISHFRESHWATER SPECIESFRUITFRUITSFRYGEOGRAPHICAL AREASGEOLOGYHABITATHABITAT DEGRADATIONHABITATSHEADWATERSHEAVY METALINLAND FISHERIESINLAND WATERSINTRODUCED FISH SPECIESINTRODUCED SPECIESLIFE CYCLELOCAL PEOPLELUCENAMAIN RIVERMAJOR RIVERSMANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMARINE FISHMIGRATORY FISHMIGRATORY FISHESMIGRATORY SPECIESMITIGATIONNATURENUTRIENTSOVERFISHINGPLANKTONPREFERENCESPROTECTED AREASPUBLIC EDUCATIONRESERVOIRRESERVOIRSRIVER FISHERIESRIVER FLOWSRIVER SYSTEMRIVER SYSTEMSSALMONSPAWNING SITESSPECIES COMPOSITIONSPORT FISHINGSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTVARIETYVEGETATIONWATER LEVELSWEALTHWETLANDS FISHFISHERIESFISHERIES MANAGEMENTMIGRATORY SPECIESWATER CYCLERIVER BASIN MANAGEMENTWETLAND SPECIESWETLAND ECOSYSTEMSWETLANDS MANAGEMENTWETLANDS PROTECTIONCOASTAL MANAGEMENTRESOURCES CONSERVATIONMIGRATION PATTERNSENVIRONMENTAL LAWSREPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORSTOCKING OF FISHPROTECTED AREASWorld Bank10.1596/14929https://doi.org/10.1596/14929