Migration of the curimbatá Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Pisces, Prochilodontidae) at the waterfall 'Cachoeira de Emas' of the Mogi-Guaçu river - São Paulo, Brazil

Autor: A. R. Capeleti, M. Petrere Jr.
Jazyk: angličtina
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Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol 66, Iss 2b, Pp 651-659
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4375
1519-6984
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842006000400009
Popis: In this paper, we counted the ascending curimbatás at the fish ladder at the Cachoeira de Emas from October, 1992 to September, 1993 in one whole day (24 h period) per month at different observation points in the dam for 5 min every hour. Most of the fish (80%) were counted not in the fish ladder itself, but in two adjacent spillways at its left, perhaps due to the comparatively increased flow as they are narrower than the ladder. The bulk of the migration occurred in September/October. We inspected the degree of injury of the fish in order to examine the hypothesis that larger fish are less injured, however no conclusion was reached. The degree of injury varied between different points and in different months of the year.
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