Fish Diversity of the Principal Channels of the Amazon River, Brazil

这个为期三年的项目将调查和记录居住在巴西亚马逊河主要深水通道的鲜为人知的鱼类。水生无脊椎动物和鱼类寄生虫也将被取样。该项目还将确定鱼类的大规模和地方规模分布，并将这些地理格局与环境因素联系起来。收集的数据将成为新热带鱼类生物多样性在线数据库NEODAT的一部分。这份关于亚马逊深水道鱼类及其分布的文件对于监测生物变化以及规划亚马逊沿岸的渔业管理和保护至关重要。该项目将把鱼类和相关组织的研究和教学收藏品存放在巴西和美国的机构，用于凭证记录、未来研究和学生培训。巴西的合作机构/科学家包括：(1)巴西政府资助机构CNPq；(2) 2名来自动物博物馆和圣保罗大学的鱼类学家，2名来自贝伦Paraense博物馆的鱼类生态学家；(3)硕士生1人，博士生2人，其中1人正在亚利桑那大学PI攻读博士学位；(4)获得CNPq奖学金的INPA研究员；(5) 5名博士后，除作为现场研究团队成员外，将在亚利桑那大学接受研究培训。其他合作者包括美国（华盛顿大学）、委内瑞拉（委内瑞拉中央大学）、法国（奥斯特罗姆）和德国（马克斯普朗克研究所）的研究人员。该项目将记录巴西亚马逊河及其主要支流河口的深水鱼类。研究结果将成为国家鱼类生物多样性数据库的一部分，对规划亚马逊地区的渔业管理和保护至关重要。该项目包括对巴西和美国学生进行实地培训，以及对实验室进行最现代的鱼类取样和生物多样性研究方法的培训。

This three-year project will survey and document the scarcely known fishes inhabiting the deep, principal channels of the Brazilian Amazon. Aquatic invertebrates and fish parasites will also be sampled. The project will also determine the large scale and local scale distribution of fish species and correlate these geographic patterns with environmental factors. The collection data will become part of NEODAT, an on-line database of neotropical fish biodiversity. This documentation of Amazonian deep channel fishes and their distribution is essential for monitoring biotic change and for planning fisheries management and conservation along the Amazon. The project will deposit research and teaching collections of fishes and associated tissues in Brazilian and US institutions for voucher records, future studies and the training of students. Collaborating Brazilian institutions/scientists include: (1) the Brazilian government funding agency, CNPq; (2) two ichthyologists from the Museu de Zoologia and the Universidade de Sao Paulo, and two fish ecologist at Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi in Belem; (3) one masters student and two doctoral students, one of which is currently completing her PhD with the PI at Arizona; (4) and INPA researcher with a CNPq scholarship; and (5) five postdoctoral students who will receive research training at the University of Arizona in addition to being part of the on-site research team. Other collaborators include researchers in the US (University of Washington), Venezuela (Universidad Central de Venezuela), France (ORSTROM) and Germany (Max Planck Institute). %%% This project will document the deep water fishes the Amazon River, Brazil and the mouths of its major tributaries. The results will become part of a national fish biodiversity database and will be critical to planning fisheries management and conservation for the Amazon region. The project includes training of Brazilian and US students in the field as well as the laboratory in the most modern methods of fish sampling and biodiversity research.