The fish fauna of Brokopondo Reservoir, Suriname, during 40 years of impoundment

We investigated long-term changes in the fish fauna of Brokopondo Reservoir, Suriname, the first large reservoir (1560 km²) that was created in tropical rainforest. Before closure of the dam in 1964, the fish fauna of Suriname River had 172 species, high diversity and high evenness. The riverine fau...

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Main Authors: Jan H. Mol, Bernard de Mérona, Paul E. Ouboter, Shamita Sahdew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
Subjects:
Dam
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252007000300015&lng=en&tlng=en