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Provedor de dados: 	Neotropical Ichthyology	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Reproduction of two loricariid species in a confined river and implications for environmental impacts of dams	
Autores: 	De Fries,Lucas; Rosa,Gilberto da; Silva,José Pezzi da; Vilella,Fábio Silveira; Becker,Fernando Gertum.	
Data: 	2018-01-01	
Ano: 	2018	
Palavras-chave: 	Biodiversity; Environment; Flow regulation; Hydropower; Reservoirs.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT Fish reproduction in floodplain rivers is often linked to flow regime and with the inundation of floodplain habitats. However, in confined rivers, where floodplains are absent, the relation between reproduction and flow can in comparison be expected to be distinct. In this study, we describe the reproductive life-history of Hemiancistrus fuliginosus and Hypostomus isbrueckeri in a confined river and discuss its differences relative to floodplain loricariids and also the implications for effects of dam construction and flow regulation. We found the reproductive peak of both species occurred during lowering waters, just after maximum river flow, in contrast to floodplain species that tend to spawn during rising waters. The studied species presented attributes of equilibrium life-history strategy, which are related to predictable river flow variation. Because both species spawned during low river flow, which is historically predictable in summer, we suggest that their reproduction may be severely disrupted, depending on how flow regime is affected by dam operation. These results have implications for assessing and mitigating the impacts of river damming on fish populations in confined rivers, and we point to ecologically driven flow management and conservation of free-flowing rivers as mitigation and conservation alternatives.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252018000400209	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia	
Relação: 	10.1590/1982-0224-20170163	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Neotropical Ichthyology  v.16 n.4 2018	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess