Riverine characteristics dictate composition of fish assemblages and limit fisheries in reservoirs of the Upper Paraná River basin

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dc.creatorGOMES, L.C.; MIRANDA, L.E.
dc.date2018-10-31T19:41:53Z
dc.date2018-10-31T19:41:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-16T12:28:04Z
dc.date.available2023-10-16T12:28:04Z
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.uem.br:8080/jspui/handle/1/5267
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9211078
dc.descriptionGOMES, Luiz Carlos; MIRANDA, Esteban Leandro. Riverine characteristics dictate composition of fish assemblages and limit fisheries in reservoirs of the Upper Paraná River basin. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, Chichester, v.17, no.1, p.67-76, 2001.
dc.descriptionA qualitative comparative approach has been used to review whether fish assemblage characteristics, such as paucity of lacustrine-adapted fish species, long food chains, and disproportionate number of piscivorous species, limit fishery yields in reservoirs of the Upper Paraná River basin. The paucity of lacustrine-adapted species appears to limit fishery yields, but attempts to introduce lacustrine species have been generally unsuccessful. The food chains of species targeted by the fisheries are relatively long, but short food chains seem to he an adaptation of lacustrine species. Because reservoirs with many piscivorous species sustain high fishery yields elsewhere in the world, the hypothesis that an excessive number of piscivores limits yields is not supported. Instead. inadequacies of fish assemblages in reservoirs of the Upper Paraná River basin appear to be symptomatic of an unsuitable environment for lacustrine fish species. The physical characteristics of reservoirs in the Upper Paraná River basin, exacerbated by climatic patterns, may preclude the emergence of successful reservoir species from within the extant pool of riverine species. The resulting assemblages have characteristics that are neither riverine nor lacustrine, and are maladapted to support fisheries in the reservoirs. The introduction of lacustrine species is destined to failure because environmental characteristics are not lacustrine, except in reservoirs positioned high in the watershed, where increased retention times allow lacustrine conditions.
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dc.publisherBrasil
dc.publisherUEM
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectPeixe
dc.subjectAssembléia
dc.subjectReservatórios neotropicais
dc.subjectParaná, Rio
dc.subjectBrasil.
dc.subjectFish assemblages
dc.subjectFishery yeld
dc.subjectNeotropical reservoirs
dc.subjectParaná River
dc.subjectBrazil.
dc.subjectCiências Biológicas
dc.subjectEcologia
dc.titleRiverine characteristics dictate composition of fish assemblages and limit fisheries in reservoirs of the Upper Paraná River basin
dc.typearticle


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