The catfish connection
Subtitle: ecology, migration, and conservation of Amazon predators
By: Ronaldo Barthem & Michael Goulding.
Contributors: Goulding, Michael.
Series: Biology and resource management series; Biology and resource management in the tropics series.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Pimelodidae -- Amazon River Watershed; Catfish fisheries -- Amazon River Watershed
Description: In The Catfish Connection, two leading scientific 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. While focusing primarily on two species of giant catfish - known locally as dourada and piramutaba - Ronaldo Barthem and Michael Goulding also present natural history summaries of thirteen large predatory fish found in Amazon river channels.

The Catfish Connection details the various methods employed by small-scale and commercial fishing operations in their exploitation of the commercially valuable resource. Barthem and Goulding propose the first realistic measures for the management of the commercial fisheries based on the large catfish.

This important study of the large catfishes and their integral place within the ecology of the estuary and inland waters of the Amazon will be an essential reference for marine and conservation biologists in the field, ecologists, scientists studying migration, and resource management professionals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.