Research Catalog

Title

So fruitful a fish : ecology, conservation, and aquaculture of the Amazon's tambaqui / Carlos Araujo-Lima and Michael Goulding.

Author

Araujo-Lima, Carlos.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, ©1997.

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Additional Authors

Goulding, Michael, 1949-

Description

xii, 191 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

So fruitful a Fish presents the first truly holistic portrait of an Amazonian fish as it exists in its natural habitat and in farming environments. More than just a biology text, the book demonstrates how the tambaqui symbolizes the tight ecological link between rivers and rainforests and the need to conserve floodplain habitats that are now being destroyed by cattle and water buffalo ranching. Its story will be of enermous benefit to ecologists, developers, fishery biologists, aquaculturists, conservationists, and others interested in the dramatic evolutionary complexities of tropical life.

Series Statement

Biology and resource management in the tropics series

Uniform Title

Biology and resource management in the tropics series

Subject

• Tambaqui > Amazon River Region
• Tambaqui
• Pisciculture > Amazonie
• Amazon River Region

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-182) and index.

Contents

1. Promise from the Rainforest -- 2. Classification and General Description -- 3. Distribution -- 4. Migration and Reproduction -- 5. Nursery Habitats -- 6. Fruits and Seeds -- 7. Nutrition -- 8. Age, Growth, Metabolism, and Biomass -- 9. Tambaqui Fisheries -- 10. Induced Spawning and Fry Culture -- 11. Disease and Parasites -- 12. Intensive Fish Farming -- 13. Extensive Fish Farming -- 14. Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0231108303
• 9780231108300

LCCN

96045658

OCLC

• ocm35986257
• 35986257
• SCSB-2130620

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library