Table of Contents
Foreword
W. Taylor
Preface
C.K. Minns, N. Mandrak & M. Munawar
African Ecosystems
Pelagic food web as the basis of fisheries in Lake Tanganyika: A bioenergetic modeling analysis
Jouko Sarvala, Marjo Tarvainen, Kalevi Salonen, and Hannu Mölsä
Some possible factors leading to decline in fish species in Lake Victoria
M. Njiru, O.C. Mkumbo and M. van der Knaap
Great Lake Victoria Fisheries: Changes, Sustainability and Building Blocks for Management: Synthesis and Conclusions
M. van der Knaap, F.C. Roest, M. Munawar
Lake Malawi: fishes, fisheries, biodiversity, health and habitat
Olaf L F Weyl, Anthony J Ribbink, Denis Tweddle
Fish species diversity and relative abundance in Lake Albert – Uganda
Sylvester Bwaku Wandera and John Stephen Balirwa (Uganda)
Overview of the Zambezi River System: Its history, fish fauna, fisheries, and conservation
D. Tweddle
Fish faunas of the Chamo-Abaya and Chew Bahir basins in southern portion of the Ethiopian Rift Valley: origin and prospects for survival
Alexander S. Golubtsov, Redeat Habteselassie
Ecological position of ‘small barbs’ and their potential for fisheries: an option to reduce fishing pressure on ‘large barbs’ of Lake Tana (Ethiopia)?
E. Dejen, J. W. M. Osse, F. A. Sibbing
South American Ecosystems
Freshwater fishes of the Amazon River basin: their biodiversity, fisheries, and habitats
Wolfgang J. Junk, Maria Gercilia Mota Soares, and Peter B. Bayley
The freshwater habitats, fishes, and fisheries of the Orinoco River basin
Marco A. Rodríguez, Kirk O. Winemiller, William M. Lewis, Jr., and Donald C. Taphorn Baechle
The Magdalena River fresh water fishes and fisheries
Germán Galvis, and José Iván Mojica
Fish diversity in the upper Paraná River basin: habitats, fisheries, management and conservation
A.A. Agostinho, F. M. Pelicice, A.C. Petry, L.C. Gomes, and H.F. Júlio Junior
Freshwater fishes of the Altiplano
Irma Vila, Rodrigo Pardo and Sergio Scott
Freshwater fishes of Patagonia in the 21st Century after a hundred years of human settlement, species introductions, and environmental change
Miguel A. Pascual, Víctor Cussac, Brian Dyer, Doris Soto, Pablo Vigliano, Silvia Ortubay, and Patricio Macchi
Freshwater fishes and aquatic habitats in Peru: Current knowledge and conservation
H. Ortega and M. Hidalgo