title: Ecomorphological correlates of twenty dominant fish species of Amazonian floodplain lakes.
abstract: Fishes inhabiting Amazonian floodplain lakes exhibits a great variety of body shape, which was a key advantage to colonize the several habitats that compose these areas adjacent to the large Amazon rivers. In this paper, we did an ecomorphological analysis of twenty abundant species, sampled in May and August 2011, into two floodplain lakes of the lower stretch of the Solimões River. The analysis detected differences among species, which could be probably associated with swimming ability and habitat use preferences.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Pesqueiras, Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 6200, Campus Universitário, CEP 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Siqueira-Souza
authors.affiliation: University of Montana, 32 Campus Dr, Missoula, MT 59812, Missoula, Montana, United States of America.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bayer
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Caldas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Pesqueiras, Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 6200, Campus Universitário, CEP 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Pesqueiras, Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 6200, Campus Universitário, CEP 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Pesqueiras, Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 6200, Campus Universitário, CEP 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
authors.forename: C E C
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Freitas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D060106:Lakes