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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

In The Catfish Connection, two leading scientists 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.

(Extracted from the dust jacket).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-List of Figures / List of Tables.

-Preface.

-Acknowledgments.

-1. Introduction.

-2. Large Fishes of Amazon River Channels.

-3. Technology of Catfish Explotaition.

-4. Catfish Yields and Value.

-5. Migration and Reproduction.

-6. Catfish as Predators.

-7. Conclusion.

-Bibliography.

-Index.

OUR REVIEW

Ronaldo Barthem and Michael Goulding have devoted this work to the most important catfish inhabiting the Amazon river. Their work not only contributes to the knowledge on these animals but also to their conservation.

Experts on Amazon fauna, the authors explain us where they live, how they feed, their migratory customs, their spawning habits, giving a special importance to the ecological aspects that should be applied to their preservation. Uncontrolled fishing of these fish endangers their existence, and Barthem and Goulding tell us how captures on a small and a large scale are carried out, as well as what should be done for their rational exploitation.

This is an attractive book for those readers who love nature, ecologists and people wishing to learn something more on the Amazon regions.