Castello Lab​

 

Our program addresses fish and fisheries conservation problems by adopting an interdisciplinary approach that places fish populations in a broad context that is ecosystem-based, includes humans, and focuses on policy.

 

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Local knowledge reconstructs historical resource use

Castello, L. et al. 2024. Local knowledge reconstructs historical resource use. Front Ecol Env doi:10.1002/fee.2726...

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A political tsunami hits Amazon conservation

Pelicice, F. & Castello, L. 2021. A political tsunami hits Amazon conservation. Aquatic Conservation:...

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Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species

Photo by Marizilda Cruppe...

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Natal homing in goliath catfish revealed by otolith microchemistry

Hauser M, Duponchelle  F. Hermann  TW, Limburg KE, Castello L,  Stewart DJ, Torrente‐Vilara...

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Fish catch goes down with deforestation

Castello, L. et al. 2017.  Fish yields vary with land cover on the Amazon river-floodplain.  Fish...

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

Advocates of huge hydroelectric dam projects on the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong rivers often overestimate...

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Large-scale degradation of Amazonian freshwater ecosystems

  Hydrological connectivity regulates the structure and function of Amazonian freshwater ecosystems...

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Understanding fishing-induced extinctions in the Amazon

NEW PUBLICATION Science and policy worldwide are influenced by predictions from bioeconomic theory that...

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Lab News

Fishers’ Memories of Long-Ago Catches Rival Recorded Data

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PhD Graduate position in population ecology–FILLED

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Understanding the importance of provisioning fisheries in the Great Lakes

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PhD Graduate position on the socio-ecology of provisioning fisheries in the Great Lakes — position filled

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Five PhD Graduate Student positions on the social-ecological dynamics of fisheries

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Integrating Cross-scale Socio-Ecological Feedbacks in Freshwater Fisheries

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SYNERGIZE – SYNthesising Ecological Responses to deGradation In amaZonian Environments

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Ph.D. Assistantship available for 2020–FILLED

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