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Jansen Zuanon is affiliated with the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Brazil, with a focus on ecological and biological studies related to Amazonian freshwater systems. Their research encompasses various aspects of fish biology, ecology, and conservation within tropical aquatic environments.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics in aquatic and environmental sciences, including:

  • A database of freshwater fish species of the Amazon Basin (2020) in Scientific Data
  • Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species (2020) in Science
  • Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research (2023) in Current Biology
  • The combined effects of climate change and river fragmentation on the distribution of Andean Amazon fishes (2020) in Global Change Biology
  • Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin (2021) in Environmental Management

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Marcelo Salles Rocha
  • Lúcia Helena Rapp Py-Daniel
  • Willian Massaharu Ohara
  • Leandro Melo de Sousa
  • Carla Simone Pavanelli

Jansen Zuanon's works have been published mainly in these academic venues:

  • Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio
  • Neotropical Ichthyology
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Freshwater Biology

Their research covers multiple subfields of study, with notable focus on:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Aquatic Science
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology

Main topics in their body of work include:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Best Publications

  • Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

    K. O Winemiller;P. B McIntyre;L Castello;E Fluet-Chouinard

  • Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin

    Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse;Eugenio Y. Arima;Thomas Dunne;Edward Park

  • Rare species contribute disproportionately to the functional structure of species assemblages

    Rafael P. Leitão;Jansen Zuanon;Sébastien Villéger;Stephen E. Williams

  • Peixes comerciais de Manaus

    Geraldo Mendes dos Santos;Efrem Jorge Gondim Ferreira;Jansen Alfredo Sampaio Zuanon

  • Hydropower and the future of Amazonian biodiversity

    Alexander C. Lees;Carlos A. Peres;Philip M. Fearnside;Maurício Schneider

  • Land use, habitat integrity, and aquatic insect assemblages in Central Amazonian streams

    Jorge L. Nessimian;Eduardo M. Venticinque;Eduardo M. Venticinque;Jansen Zuanon;Paulo De Marco

  • Fish communities in central Amazonian white- and blackwater floodplains.

    Ulrich Saint-Paul;Jansen Zuanon;Marle A. Villacorta Correa;Marcelo García

  • Relationships between Habitat Characteristics and Fish Assemblages in Small Streams of Central Amazonia

    Fernando P. Mendonça;William E. Magnusson;Jansen Zuanon

  • Biodiversity conservation in human-modified Amazonian forest landscapes

    Carlos A. Peres;Toby A. Gardner;Jos Barlow;Jansen Zuanon

  • Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

    J. Ferreira;L. E. O. C. Aragao;Jos Barlow;P. Barreto

  • Disentangling the pathways of land use impacts on the functional structure of fish assemblages in Amazon streams

    Rafael P. Leitão;Jansen Zuanon;David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Cecília G. Leal

  • Peixes comerciais do medio Amazonas: regiao de Santarem, Para

    Efrem Jorge Gondim Ferreira;Jansen Alfredo Sampaio Zuanon;Geraldo Mendes dos Santos

  • A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira;Jos Barlow;Alexander C. Lees

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics in a seasonal metacommunity structure is predictable: the case of floodplain‐fish communities

    Izaias M. Fernandes;Renato Henriques-Silva;Jerry Penha;Jansen Zuanon

  • A stream fish assemblage in Central Amazonia: distribution, activity patterns and feeding behavior

    Jansen Alfredo Sampaio Zuanon;José Sabino

  • Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats

    Cecília G Leal;Cecília G Leal;Paulo S Pompeu;Toby A Gardner;Rafael P Leitão

  • A database of freshwater fish species of the Amazon Basin

    Céline Jézéquel;Pablo A. Tedesco;Rémy Bigorne;Javier A. Maldonado-Ocampo

  • Unexpected fish diversity gradients in the Amazon basin

    Thierry Oberdorff;Murilo S. Dias;Céline Jézéquel;James S. Albert

  • Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Renata G. Frederico;Camila K. Fagundes;Paulo S. Pompeu

  • Seasonal variation in the composition of fish assemblages in small Amazonian forest streams: evidence for predictable changes.

    Helder Mateus Viana Espírito-Santo;William Ernest Magnusson;Jansen Zuanon;Fernando Pereira Mendonça

  • Effects of natural rapids and waterfalls on fish assemblage structure in the Madeira River (Amazon Basin)

    Gislene Torrente-Vilara;Jansen Zuanon;Fabien Leprieur;Thierry Oberdorff

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulo Santos Pompeu
Paulo Santos Pompeu Federal University of Lavras
William E. Magnusson
William E. Magnusson National Institute of Amazonian Research
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
Ivan Sazima
Ivan Sazima State University of Campinas
Robert M. Hughes
Robert M. Hughes Oregon State University
Joice Ferreira
Joice Ferreira Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Pablo A. Tedesco
Pablo A. Tedesco Paul Sabatier University
Alexander C. Lees
Alexander C. Lees Manchester Metropolitan University
Thierry Oberdorff
Thierry Oberdorff Paul Sabatier University

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