Rivers of South America

Manuel A.S. Graça is a full Professor of Ecology at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield, U.K. Since 2003, he is a visiting scientist at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BH, Brazil. His research interests include leaf litter decomposition, stream ecology, and biomonitoring. Graça is an editor on three journals, has published 134 paper in international journals, authored one book and edited two others. Marcos Callisto is a full Professor of Ecology at the Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. He received hisPh.D, from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Callisto’s research interests include ecology of headwater streams, freshwater biodiversity conservation, leaf litter decomposition, biomonitoring, environmental education, and ecological assessment. Callisto is on an Editorial Board for a renowned journal, has published over 100 papers in international journals, 46 book chapters and has been an editor on five books. Franco Teixeira de Mello is a Professor of Ecology and Environmental Management at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Management, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. He received his Ph.D. fromthe Universidad de la República, Uruguay. His research interests include stream ecology, fresh water fishes, biomonitoring, and leaf litter decomposition. Teixeira de Mello is an editor on three journals, published 54 paper in international journals, authored two books, edited another, and has contributed to 17 book chapters. Douglas Rodríguez Olarte is a full Professor of Ecology at the Department of Biology, Agronomy Faculty, Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado. He received his Ph.D. from the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain. His research interests include biogeography, integrity, biomonitoring and conservation of freshwater fishes and rivers, and fish and aquatic ecology. Olarte has published 35 paper in international journals and authored one book, edited another, and has contributed to 25 book chapters.

1. Introduction to rivers of South America
Manuel A.S. Grac¸a, Edgardo M. Latrubesse, Marcos Callisto, Franco Teixeira de Mello, and Douglas Rodri´guez-Olarte
2. Rivers of the Caribbean
Samuel E. Segnini-Flores, Douglas Rodri´guez-Olarte, Jose E. Rinco´ n, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, and Sara R. Lo´ pez-Rodri´guez
3. Magdalena
Jose Iva´n Mojica, Edith Gonza´lez-Afanador, Jhon Donato-Rondo´ n, and Gabriel Hernando Guillot-Monroy
4. Orinoco
Douglas Rodri´guez-Olarte, Judith Rosales, Jesu´ s Manuel Va´squez-Ramos, Hernando Rami´rez-Gil, Cri´spulo J. Marrero, and Carlos DoNascimiento
5. Rivers of the North Atlantic
Jan H.A. Mol, Raphael Covain, and Philip W. Willink
6. Amazonas
Naziano Filizola, Rogerio Marinho, Carlos Freitas, Camila Ribas, Jansen Zuanon, Philip Fearnside, and Patricia Moreira-Turcq
7. Amazonian Rivers from the Guiana Shield
Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Pia Parolin, Aline Lopes, Florian Wittmann, Wolfgang J. Junk, Amanda Mortati, Thiago Andre, and Jochen Schongart
8. Rivers from the Western Amazon
Natalia C. Piland, Claire F. Beveridge, Joa˜o V. Campos-Silva, Carlos Can˜ as, Sandra B. Correa, Thiago B.A. Couto, Andrea C. Encalada, Daniel Escobar-Camacho, Silvia Lo´ pez-Casas, Benjamin Webb, and Elizabeth P. Anderson
9. Madeira
Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Do´ ria,
Jorge Molina-Carpio, Gislene Torrente-Vilara, Aline Andriolo, Maria Madalena de Aguiar Cavalcante, Carmen Graci´a-Da´ vila, Herna´n Ortega, and Paul Andre van Damme
10. Amazonian Rivers from the Brazilian Shield: Xingu and Tapajo´ s
Luciano F.A. Montag, Leandro M. Sousa, Andre L. Netto-Ferreira, Andre O. Sawakuchi, Gustavo Hallwass, Renato A.M. Silvano, Jose Max B. Oliveira-Junior, and Tiago M.S. Freitas
11. Tocantins and Araguaia
Fernando M. Pelicice, Hasley R. Pereira, Priscilla Carvalho, Davi B. das Chagas, and Dilermando P. Lima-Junior
12. Rivers of the North East
Jose Etham de Lucena Barbosa, Juliana dos Santos Severiano, Silvia Yasmin Lustosa Costa, Bianca
de Freitas Terra, Elvio Sergio Figueredo Medeiros, and Rosemberg F. Menezes
13. Sa˜o Francisco
Paulo S. Pompeu, Diego R. Macedo, Carlos B.M. Alves, and Lafayette D. da Luz
14. Rivers of the Central Atlantic
Francisco A.R. Barbosa, Diego G.F. Pujoni, Carlos E. Rezende, Alisson F. Barbieri, and Francisco Ricardo de Andrade Neto
15. Uruguay
Franco Teixeira de Mello, Christine Lucas, Hugo Inda, Mariana Ri´os, and Iva´n Gonza´ lez-Bergonzoni
16. Parana´
Pablo A. Scarabotti, Isabel T. Leli, Luis O. Lucifora, Edgardo M. Latrubesse, Cla´udia C. Bonecker, and Mercedes R. Marchese
17. Paraguay
Karl M. Wantzen, Yzel Rondon Su´ arez, Julio C.J. Solo´ rzano, Fernando R. Carvalho, Lucia A.F. Mateus, Mari´a Fa´tima Mereles Haydar, Pierre Girard, and Jerry Magno F. Penha
18. Rivers draining the Southern Gran Chaco
Hugo R. Ferna´ndez, Luis A. Ferna´ndez, Mario A. Caria, Yzel Rondon Su´ arez, Jerry Magno F. Penha, and
Eduardo Domi´nguez
19. Pampean rivers
Alberto Rodrigues Capi´tulo, Nestor A. Gabellone, Adonis Giorgi, Leandro Rodrigues Capi´tulo, and
Nora Go´ mez
20. Colorado River system
Pablo A. Macchi, Patricia Peralta, Marisa Cogliati, Nerina Canale, Heber Sosa, Ricardo Go´ mez, and
Yeny Labaut
21. Southern Atlantic rivers
Miguel A. Pascual, Juana Aigo, Natalia L. Pessacg, Boris G. Diaz, Pedro Tiberi, and M. Laura Miserendino
22. Rivers flowing to the Southern Pacific
Jorge Nimptsch, Pablo Fierro, Konrad Go´ rski, Nicole Colin, and Jorge Leo´ n Mun˜ oz
23. Rivers of the Central Pacific
Irma Vila, Pablo Rojas, Herna´n Ortega, Mari´a C. Sabando, Rodrigo Pardo, Cristina Dorador, and Francisco Meza
24. Rivers of the northern Pacific
Blanca Ri´os-Touma, Magnolia Longo, Christian Villamari´n, Yesid Carvajal-Escobar, Jaime Cantera-Kintz, Daniela Rosero-Lo´ pez, Pedro Jimenez-Prado, and Jose Iva´n Mojica
25. An agenda for conservation of South American rivers
Manuel A.S. Grac¸a, Karl M. Wantzen, Franco Teixeira de Mello, Marcos Callisto, and Douglas Rodriguez-Olarte