Aquaculture, or "fish farming" is a rapidly growing industry in several parts of the world. The Amazon Basin contains at least 2500 species of fish, making it well-suited for the aqualculture business. Of these fish, none is more ecologically spectacular or economically vital than the tambaqui. It is one of the best-tasting freshwater fish, and its tendency to eat fruits and seeds makes it a prime candidate for farming. The tambaqui offers promise as a healthy, environmentally friendly food source. This text presents a portrait of an Amazonian fish as it exists in its natural habitat. More than just biology, the book demonstrates how the tambaqui symbolizes the tight ecological link between rivers and rainforests.
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Represents a new standard for studying the conservation of neotropical rainforest ecosystems. The tambaqui is exemplary of a tropical rainforest resource that can be managed in the wild. We can also cultivate them for human food. Production of wild stocks depends on fruits and nuts that fall from trees in flooded forests, which give the fish an excellent flavor. Thus, we must pay careful attention to conservation of flooded forests. Only then will we sustain the tremendous economic potential of these fishes. -- Donald J. Stewart State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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adult tambaqui, large tambaqui, cachama negra, floodplain water bodies, fish culturalists, floodplain deforestation, fish orchards, floating meadows, routine metabolism, floodplain lakes, floodplain waters, flooded forests, floodplain areas, fisheries data, fish culture, nursery habitats, river types, brood stock, seed species, fish farmers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Amazon River, Rio Madeira, Amazon Basin, Rio Negro, South America, Rio Amazonas, Rio Mamoré, Zaniboni Filho, Porto Velho, Rio Purus, Carneiro Sobrinho, Rio Juruá, Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira, Rio Orinoco, Rio Tapajós, Benthic Cladocera, Rio Solimóes, Rio Xingu, Ferraz de Lima, Rio Sao Francisco New!
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adult tambaqui, large tambaqui, cachama negra, floodplain water bodies, fish culturalists, floodplain deforestation, fish orchards, floating meadows, routine metabolism, floodplain lakes, floodplain waters, flooded forests, floodplain areas, fisheries data, fish culture, nursery habitats, river types, brood stock, seed species, fish farmers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Amazon River, Rio Madeira, Amazon Basin, Rio Negro, South America, Rio Amazonas, Rio Mamoré, Zaniboni Filho, Porto Velho, Rio Purus, Carneiro Sobrinho, Rio Juruá, Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira, Rio Orinoco, Rio Tapajós, Benthic Cladocera, Rio Solimóes, Rio Xingu, Ferraz de Lima, Rio Sao Francisco New!
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- FISH PHYSIOLOGY V6, Volume 6 by Author Unknown on 4 pages
- Fish Nutrition, Third Edition by John E. Halver in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Alternatives to Deforestation (Biology and Resource Management Series) by A. B. Anderson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Subsidy from Nature (Biology and Resource Management Series) by Anthony B. Anderson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Ecology of Teleost Fishes - Second Edition (Fish & Fisheries Series) by R.J. Wootton in Back Matter
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- Working Forests in the Neotropics: Conservation through Sustainable Management? (Biology and Resource Management Series) by Daniel J. Zarin in Front Matter
- Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work: Towards More Effective Conservation and Development (Biology and Resource Management Series) by Thomas O. McShane in Front Matter
- People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America by Kirsten M. Silvius in Back Matter
- Working Forests in the Neotropics: Conservation through Sustainable Management? (Biology and Resource Management Series) by Daniel J. Zarin in Front Matter
- GIS Methodologies for Developing Conservation Strategies by Basil G. Savitsky in Front Matter
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