Catfish Connection - Ecology, Migration, and Conservation of Amazon Predators

In The Catfish Connection, two leading scientists offer a groundbreaking ecological view of the Amazon as seen through some of its most curious and widespread animals: the large predatory catfish that dominate the river channels and estuary.

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Ronaldo Barthem and Michael Goulding

Summary

The Amazon Basin's rivers, estuaries and tributaries are home to as many as 1000 species of Catfish. In this work, two scientists offer a natural history of the Amazon giant catfish and its central place as a source of food and income within the ecology and economy of the Amazon Basin.

Product details

• Authors: Ronaldo Barthem, Ronaldo Goulding Barthem, Barthem Ronaldo, Michael Goulding, Goulding Michael
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.1997
• EAN: 9780231108324
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10832-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Biology and Resource Management Series; Biology and Resource Managemen; Biology and Resource Management Series; Biology and Resource Managemen
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Fishes (Ichthyology), Zoology: fishes (ichthyology), Amazon River, Amazon river and tributaries