The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural HistoryThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980. |
Contents
RIVERS FLOODPLAINS AND FLOODED FORESTS | 10 |
FISH DIVERSITY IN THE AMAZON | 28 |
THE NATURE OF FISH MIGRATIONS IN THE | 40 |
THE FRUIT AND SEEDEATING LARGE CHARACINS | 55 |
THE SEED FRUIT AND LEAFEATING PACU | 101 |
PIRANHAS | 153 |
CHARACINS OF THE FAMILY ANOSTOMIDAE | 171 |
CATFISHES | 187 |
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The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History Michael Goulding Limited preview - 2023 |
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Common terms and phrases
abundant Alchornea alevins allochthonous Amanoa sp Amazon Basin Amazonian angulatus appear areas aril Astrocaryum jauary black piranha Brachyplatystoma captured catfishes caught Characidae characins cm SL Colossoma macropomum dentition detritus diet Dominance Total Volume eaten ecological empty stomachs Euphorbiaceae exploited fishermen fleshy fruits flooded forests flooding season floodplain floodplain lakes Food Item Occurrence fork length fruits and seeds genera genus gillnets Hevea spruceana high water period invertebrates Item Occurrence Dominance jatuarana large characins Leporinus levees low water period low water season Machado flooded forests masticated Mean Fullness migrations migratory characins Moraceae Myleus Mylossoma cf Myrtaceae nut wall Occurrence Dominance Total pacu palm fruits percent Pimelodidae plant material prey probably quantities Rio Machado Rio Machado flooded Rio Madeira Rio Madeira basin rubber tree Schizodon seed predators seed species Serrasalmus spawning specimens standard length Stomach-content analyses studied tambaqui taxa teeth tion upstream water level waterbodies