Publications

spawning and parental care in hoplias malabaricus (teleostei, characiformes, erythrinidae) in the southern pantanal, brazil.	herein we describe spawning and egg guarding in the erythrinid fish hoplias malabaricus observed in the southern pantanal (19 degrees 34' s and 57 degrees 00' w), state of mato grosso do sul, brazil. nests were depressions built on sandy soil in flooded areas, and contained a mean of 8,197 +/- 2,204 eggs (n = 4); the mean diameter of eggs was 1.44 +/- 0.09 mm (n = 400). among 11 nests observed, eight were guarded by males and three by the pair. one male remained in the nest for six days, and two ...	2006	16906301
characterization of the fishes and of subsistence fishing in the pantanal of mato grosso, brazil.	fishing is one of the oldest human activities in the pantanal of mato grosso in central brazil. in the of bento gomes river basin (pantanal of poconé) the presence of fishermen is very common. the objective of this study is to describe the fishing activity in the basin in view of the elaboration of proposals for the sustainable use of this natural resource. of the 256 fishermen that were registered most are fishing for their subsistence (92%) and the rest (8%) are occasional fishermen (locally c ...	2000	11188869