Publication Date:
2018-03-21
Description:
Tregidgo et al. (1) show that size-selective overfishing has drastically depleted and downsized populations of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) along the Purus River, Amazonia. Because fishers have historically targeted the largest individuals, tambaqui ∼1,000 km upriver are twofold larger than those near the Manaus rainforest metropolis (1). Here, we demonstrate that...
Keywords:
Letters, Sustainability Science
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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