Ampliando o conhecimento sobre os peixes do rio Pandeiros

Abstract

The power production in Brazil is driven by the dam building, and motivaded by the decrease in the fossil fuels uses. However, the modi cation on the river due the instream structures has ecological impacts often irrever-sible. The main aim of this studywas to evaluated the icththyofauna in the Pandeiros River, upstream and do-wnstream the dam, and the possible impacts realted to feeding and migration due the small hydropower plant which has been deactivated since 2008. Eleven sampling events were caried out between 2014 and 2016 at eight sites along the river. We identi ed 60  sh species. Besides improving the knowledge about ichthyofauna of the Pandeiros River, increasing the number of known species, we also identi ed the impact of the SHP Pandeiros on the distribution and dynamics of the  shes in the river, supporting the studies suggesting the possibility of removal of such dam.