Journal articles

2024

Castello, L., Martins, E.G., Sorice, L., Smith, E., Almeida, M., Bastos, G.C.C., Cardoso, L.G, Clauzet, M., Dopona, A.P., Ferreira, B., Haimovici, M., G Jorge, M., Mendonça, J., Ávila-da-Silva, A.O., Roman, A.P.O., Ramires, M., Villwock, L.M., Lopes, P.F.M. 2024. Local knowledge reconstructs historical resource use. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment doi:10.1002/fee.2726 pdf

Wood, M.V., G Carvalho, F.M., Castello, L. 2024. Fishing shrinks the size structure of coral reef fish assemblages in Brazil. Fisheries Research, 275: 107029 pdf

Stegmann L.F., F.M. França, R.L. Carvalho, J. Barlow, E. Berenguer, L. Castello, L. Juen, F.B. Baccaro, I.C.G. Vieira, C.A. Nunes, R. Oliveira, E.M. Venticinque, J. Schietti, J. Ferreira (2024). Brazilian public funding for biodiversity research in the Amazon. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 22, 1: 1-7. pdf 

2023

Castello, L., G Carvalho, F., Ateba, N.O.O., Busanga, A.K., Ickowitz, A., Frimpong, E. 2023. An approach to assess data-less small-scale fisheries: examples from Congo rivers. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 33: 1-18.  pdf

Castello, L. 2023. Filling global gaps in monitoring data with local knowledge. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems: 33: 423-430. pdf

G Pereira, L.A., Castello, L., Orth, D.J., Duponchelle, F., Hallerman, E.M. 2023. A synthesis of the ecology and conservation of Pseudoplatystoma catfishes in the Neotropics. Fishes 8: 306. pdf

Reis-Filho, J.A., Ramos-Filho, F., Castello, L., Giarrizzo, T. 2023. -I fish, therefore I monitor: Participatory monitoring to assess inland small-scale fisheries. Environmental Management https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01819-8 pdf

Fleischmann, A.S., Papa, F., Hamilton, S.K., Fassoni-Andrade, A., Wongchuig, S., Espinoza, J., Paiva, R.C.D., Melack, J.M., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Castello, L., Almeida, R.M., Bonnet, M., Alves, L.G., Moreira, D., Yamazaki, D., Revel, M., Collischonn, W. 2023. Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980. Environmental Research Letters 18: 034024. pdf

Cope, J.M., Dowling, N.A., Hesp, S.A., Omori, K.L., Bessell-Browne, P., Castello, L., Chick, R., Dougherty, D., Holmes, S.J., McGarvey, R., Ovando, D., Nowlis, J., Prince, J. 2023. The stock assessment theory of relativity: deconstructing the term “data-limited” fisheries into components and guiding principles to support the science of fisheries management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 33: 241-63. pdf

Carvalho, R.L., Resende, A.F., Barlow, J., França, F., Moura, M.R., Maciel, R., Alves-Martins, F., Shutt, J., Nunes, C.A., Elias, F., Silveira, J.M., Stegmann, L., Baccaro, F.B., Juen, L., Schietti, J., Aragão, L., Berenguer, E., Castello L., Costa, F.R.C., Guedes, M.L., Leal, C.G., Lees, A.C., Isaac, V., Nascimento, R.O., Phillips, O., Schmidt, F.A., ter Steege, H., Vaz-de-Mello, F., Venticinque, E.M., Vieira, I.C.G., Zuanon, J., G The Synergize Consortium, Ferreira J. 2023. Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research. Current Biology 33: 1-10. pdf

2022

Castello, L., G Attu, G. A-T., Aliebe, A., Ateba, N. O. O., Jueya, S., G Carvalho, F., Ickowitz, A. and Frimpong, E.A. 2022. Land-use and land-cover affect inland fish catch in two rivers of Central Africa, Water Biology and Security 1: 100074. pdf

Arantes, C.C., Castello, L, Basurto, X, Angeli, N, Sene-Haper, A, McGrath, DG. 2022. Institutional effects on ecological outcomes of community-based management of fisheries in the Amazon. Ambio 51: 678-690. pdf

Jueya, S., G Attu, G.A-T, Castello, L., Frimpong, E., Nguenga, D. Nyom, A.R.B. 2022. Diets of Alestidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) in two rivers (Boumba and Kadei) in Eastern Cameroon. International Journal of Zoology Studies 7: 96-108. pdf

Dubos, N., Lenormand, M., Castello, L., Oberdorff, T., Guisan, A., Luque, S. 2022. Protection gaps in Amazon floodplains will increase with climate change: Insight from the world’s largest scaled freshwater fish, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32: 1830-1841. pdf

Sousa, R., Pereira, L., Cintra, M., de Carvalho Freitas, C., de Almeida Mereles, M., Zacardi, D., Faria Júnior, C., Castello, L. Vitule, J. 2022. Status of Arapaima spp, Brazil: threatened in its places of origin, a rapidly spreading invader elsewhere. Management of Biological Invasions 13: 631-643. pdf

 

2021

Castello, L. (2021). Science for conserving Amazon freshwater ecosystems. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31: 999-1004. pdf

Pelicice, F. M., & Castello, L. (2021). A political tsunami hits Amazon conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31: 1221-1229. pdf

Arantes, C.C., Castello, L., Basurto, X., Angeli, N., Sene-Haper, A., McGrath, D.G. (2021) Institutional effects on ecological outcomes of community-based management of fisheries in the Amazon. Ambio, 1-13.

Medeiros-Leal, W. M., Castello, L., Freitas, C. E. C., & Siqueira-Souza, F. K. (2021). Single-Species Co-management Improves Fish Assemblage Structure and Composition in a Tropical River [Original Research]. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9(111). pdf

Hermann, T. W., Duponchelle, F., Castello, L., Limburg, K. E., Pereira, L. A., & Hauser, M. (2021). Harnessing the potential for otolith microchemistry to foster the conservation of Amazonian fishes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystem, 31: 1206-1220. pdf

Barros, D., Petrere, M., Castello, L., Santos, P.B., Butturi-Gomes, D., Isaac, V.J. (2021) Hydrologic variability effects on catches of Prochilodus nigricans in the lower Amazon. Aquatic Sciences 83, 1-9.

Stokes, G.L., Castello, L., Petersen, T.A., Cooke, S.J., Power, M., Zuanon, J., Martins, E.G. (2021) Air‐breathing ecology of Arapaima sp.: Conservation implications for an imperilled fish. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31, 1257-1268.

Brum, S., Rosas-Ribeiro, P., Amaral, R. d. S., de Souza, D. A., Castello, L., & da Silva, V. M. F. (2021). Conservation of Amazonian aquatic mammals. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31: 1068-1086. pdf

Watson, L.C., Stewart, D.J., Clifford, K., Castello, L., Jafferally, D., James, S., Norman, Z., Watkins, G.G. (2021) Recovery, conservation status, and environmental effects on arapaima populations in Guyana. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31, 2533-2546.

Duponchelle, F., Isaac, V. J., Rodrigues Da Costa Doria, C., Van Damme, P. A., Herrera-R, G. A., Anderson, E. P., Cruz, R. E. A., Hauser, M., Hermann, T. W., Agudelo, E., Bonilla-Castillo, C., Barthem, R., Freitas, C. E. C., García-Dávila, C., García-Vasquez, A., Renno, J.-F., & Castello, L. (2021). Conservation of migratory fishes in the Amazon basin. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31: 1087-1105. pdf

Cooke, S.J., Nyboer, E., Bennett, A., Lynch, A.J., Infante, D.M., Cowx, I.G., Beard, T.D., Bartley, D., Paukert, C.P., Reid, A.J. (2021) The ten steps to responsible Inland fisheries in practice: reflections from diverse regional case studies around the globe. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 1-35.

DIAS, R., PELICICE, F.M., TÓFOLI, R., ALVES, G.H.Z., LOPES, T.M., CASTELLO, L., TONELLA, L.H., ESPÍNOLA, L.A., AGOSTINHO, A.A. (2021) Brazil’s leading environmental agency and aquatic biodiversity threatened by federal decree. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 93.

Pelicice, F.M., Agostinho, A.A., Akama, A., Andrade Filho, J.D., Azevedo-Santos, V.M., Barbosa, M.V.M., Bini, L.M., Brito, M.F.G., dos Anjos Candeiro, C.R., Caramaschi, É.P. (2021) Large-scale degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River basin. Environmental Management 68, 445-452

2020

Leal, C.G., Lennox G.D., Ferraz, S.F.B., Ferreira, J., Gardner, T.A., Thomson, J.R., Berenger, E., Lees, A. C.,Hugues, R.M., Nally, R., Aragão L.E.O.C., Brito, J.G., Castello, L., Garrett, R.D., Hamada, N., Juen, L., Leitão, R.P., Louzada, J.,Morello, T.F. Moura, N.G., Nessimian, J.L. Oliveira-Junior, J.M.B., Oliveira, V.H.F., Oliveira, V.C., Parry, L., Pompeu, P.S., Solar, R.C.C, Zuanon, J., Barlow, J. 2020. Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species. Science 370 (6512): 117-121 

Barros, D., Petrere Jr, M., Lecours, V., Butturi-Gomes, D., Castello, L., & Isaac, V. J. (2020). Effects of deforestation and other environmental variables on floodplain fish catch in the Amazon. Fisheries Research, 230, 105643. pdf

Lo, M., Reed, J., Castello, L., Steel, E. A., Frimpong, E. A., & Ickowitz, A. (2020). The Influence of Forests on Freshwater Fish in the Tropics: A Systematic Review. BioScience, 70(5), 404-414. pdf

Lopes, GCS, Catarino, MF, Castello L, Freitas CEC. 2020. Amazon commercial fishing dynamics: a space macroscale analysis on fishing variables. Brazilian Journal of Development. 6: 6025-6044 pdf

Hauser M, Duponchelle  F. Hermann  TW, Limburg KE, Castello L, Stewart DJ, Torrente‐Vilara G, García‐Vásquez  A, García‐Davila  C, Pouilly  M, Pecheyran C, Ponzevera  E, Renno  J,  Moret AS, Doria, CRC 2020. Unmasking continental natal homing in goliath catfish from the upper Amazon. Freshwater Biology. 00:1–12. pdf

2019

Castello, L., Bayley, P.B., Fabre, N.N., Batista, V. S. 2019. Flooding effects on abundance of a long-lived river floodplain fish population in the central Amazon. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries pdf

Schmitt, J.D., Brandon K.P., Bunch, A.J., Castello, L., Orth, D.J. 2019. Modeling the predation dynamics of invasive blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) in Chesapeake Bay. Fishery Bulletin 117: 277-290. pdf

Arantes, C. C., Winemiller, K. O., Asher, A., Castello, L., Hess, L. L., Petrere, M., & Freitas, C. E. 2019. Floodplain land cover affects biomass distribution of fish functional diversity in the Amazon River. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-13. pdf

Anderson, E., Osborne, T., Maldonado-Ocampo, J. Mills-Novoa, M., Castello, L., Montoya, M., Encalada, A., Jenkins, C. 2019. Energy development reveals blind spots for Amazon ecosystem conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. pdf

DossS, Murphy, B.R., Castello, L., Williams, J.A., Copeland, J., DiCenzo, V.J. 2019. Effects of size-limits on fishery quality for a riverine Muskellunge population in the southern US. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39 (1), 3-16 pdf

Gurdak, D., Stewart, D.J., Arantes, C.A., Castello, L. In Press. Diversity in reproductive traits of arapaima (Arapaima spp., Müller) in Amazonian várzea floodplains: conservation implications. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems pdf

2018

Castello, L., Hess, L.L., Thapa, R., McGrath, D.G., Arantes, C.C., Reno, V., Isaac, V.I.N. 2018.  Fish yields vary with land cover on the Amazon river-floodplain.  Fish and Fisheries 19: 431–440. pdf

Barlow, J., França, F., Gardner, T.A., Hicks, C.C., Lennox, G.D., Berenguer, E., Castello, L., Economo, E.P., Ferreira, J., Guénard, B., Leal, C.G., Isaac, V., Lees, A.C., Parr, C.L., Wilson, S.K., Young, P.J., Graham, N.A.J. 2018. The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems. Nature 559517–526. pdf

Richard, J., Castello, L. Peoples, B., Gurdak, D. Angermeier, P. 2018. Size-based lake habitat selection by arapaima in floodplains of the lower Amazon. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 28: 1403-1413. pdf

Bayley, P.B., Castello, L., Batista, V.S., Fabre, N.N. 2018. Response of Prochilodus nigricans to flood pulse variation in the central Amazon. Royal Society Open Science 5: 172232. pdf

Schmitt, J.D., Moran, Z., Emmel, J.A., Bunch, A., Castello, L., Orth, D.J. 2018. Diet, trophic position, and feeding ecology of a generalist consumer: a case study of invasive Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus in the Chesapeake Bay. Environmental Biology of Fishes 2018: 1-10. pdf

2017

Pelletier, A.R., Castello, L., Zhulidov, A.V., Gurtovaya, T.Y., Robarts, R.D., Holmes, R.M., Spencer, R.G. 2017. Temporal and longitudinal mercury trends in burbot (Lota lota) in the Russian Arctic. Environmental Science and Technology 51: 13436-13442. pdf

Arantes, C.C., Winemiller K.O., Petrere, M., Castello, L., Freitas, C.E.C., Hess, L.L. 2017. Relationships between forest cover and fish diversity in the Amazon river. Journal of Applied Ecology. 00: 1-10. pdf

Fabré, N.N., Castello, L., Isaac, V.I.N., Batista, V.S. 2017. Fishing and drought impacts on size spectra of fish assemblages in Amazon Rivers. Fisheries Research. 188: 157–165. pdf

Carvalho, F., Freitas, C.E., Forsberg, B., Power, M., Castello, L., Martins, E.G. 2017. Trophic Ecology of Arapaima sp. in a ria lake – river-floodplain transition zone of the Amazon. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. DOI: 10.1111/eff.12341 pdf

2016

Irvine, K., Castello, L. Junqueira, A. Moulton, T. 2016. Linking ecology with social development for tropical aquatic conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26: 917–941 pdf

Castello, L., Macedo, N.M. 2016. Large-scale degradation of Amazonian freshwater ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 22, 990–1007. pdf

Herman, T., Stewart, D.J., Limburg, K., Castello, L. 2016 Unravelling the life-history of Amazonian fishes through otolith microchemistry. Royal Society Open Science 3: 160206. pdf

Isaac, V.I.N., Castello, L., Santos, P.S.B., Ruffino, M. 2016. Seasonal and interannual dynamics of river-floodplain multispecies fisheries in relation to flood pulses in the Lower Amazon. Fisheries Research pdf

Winemiller, K., McIntyre, P., Castello, L., and 29 other authors. 2016. Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo and Mekong. Science 351: 128-129. pdf     E-letters submitted in response

Petersen, T.A., Brum, S.M., Rossoni, F., Silveira, G.F.V., Castello, L., et al. 2016.  Recovery of arapaima populations by community-based management in floodplains of the Purus River, Amazon. Journal of Fish Biology. pdf

2015

Castello, L., Isaac, V.I.N., Thapa, R. 2015. Flood pulse effects on multispecies fishery yields in the Lower Amazon. Royal Society Open Science 2: 150299. pdf

Fei, C., Li, W., Castello, L., Murphy, B. A. 2015. Impacts of cascade dams on fishes of the Yangtzee River. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. DOI 10.1007/s11160-015-9395-9 pdf

Cavole, L., Arantes, C.C., Castello, L. 2015. How illegal are tropical small-scale fisheries? An estimate for arapaima in the Amazon. Fisheries Research 168: 1–5. pdf

Brum, S.M., Rossoni, F, Da Silva, V.M.F., Castello, L. 2015. Use of dolphins and caimans as bait for Calophysus macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819) (Siluriforme: Pimelodidae) in the Amazon.  Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 1-6 pdf

McGrath, D.G., Castello, L., Almeida, O.T.  2015.  Market Formalization, Governance and the integration of Community Fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon.  Society & Natural Resources pdf

Castello, L., C.C. Arantes, D.G. McGrath, D.J. Stewart, F.S. Sousa. 2015. Understanding fishing-induced extinctions in the Amazon. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 25: 447–458. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2491. pdf

2014

Nepstad, D.C., McGrath, D.G. Stickler C.M., Alencar, A., Azevedo, A., Swette, A., Bezerra, T., DiGiano, M., Shimada, J., da Motta, J.S. Armijo, E., Castello, L., Brando, P., Hansen, M., McGrath-Horn, M., Carvalho, O., Hess, L.  2014.  Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains.  Science 344 (6188): 1118-1123 pdf

Castello, L., Zhulidov, A.V., Gurtovaya, T.Yu., Robarts, R.D., Lysenko, V.S., Holmes, R.M., Zhulidov, D.A., Spencer, R.G.M.  2014.  Low and declining mercury in Arctic Russian Rivers.  Environmental Science & Technology 48: 747752. pdf

2013

Castello, L., McGrath, D.G., Hess, L.L., Coe, M.T., Lefebvre, P.A., Petry, P., Macedo, M.N., Reno, V., Arantes, C.C. 2013.  The vulnerability of Amazon freshwater ecosystems.  Conservation Letters  6: 217–229. pdf  fig 1, fig 2fig 3

Castello, L., McGrath, D.G., Arantes, C.C., Almeida, O.T. 2013.  Accounting for heterogeneity in small-scale fisheries management: the Amazon case.  Marine Policy 38: 557–565. pdf

Arantes, C.C., Castello, L., Cetra, M., Schilling, A. 2013.  Environmental factors affecting the distribution of arapaima in floodplains of the Amazon.  Environmental Biology of Fishes  96: 1257–1267. pdf

2011

Castello, L., Stewart, D.J., Arantes, C.C. 2011 a.  Modeling population dynamics and conservation of arapaima in the Amazon.  Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 21: 623-640. pdf

Castello, L., McGrath, D.G., Beck, P. 2011 b.  Resource sustainability in small-scale fisheries in the Lower Amazon.  Fisheries Research 110: 35-365. pdf

2010

Arantes, C.C., Castello, L., Stewart, D.J., Queiroz, H.L., Cetra, M. 2010.  Density compensation, growth, and reproduction of Arapaima in floodplains of the Amazon.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 19: 455-465.  pdf

Castello, L., Stewart, D.J. 2010.  Assessing CITES non-detriment finding procedures for Arapaima in Brazil. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 26: 49-56.  pdf

Luzadis, V.A., Castello, L., Choi, J., Franco, C.B., Greenfield, E., Kim, S., Munsell, J., Nordman, E., Olowabi, F. 2010.  The science of ecological economics.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1185: 1-10.  pdf

2009

Castello, L., Viana, J.P., Watkins, G., Pinedo-Vasquez, M., Luzadis, V.A. 2009.  Lessons from integrating fishers of arapaima in small-scale fisheries management at the Mamirauá Reserve, Amazon. Environmental Management 43: 197-209.  pdf

2008

Castello, L. 2008 a.  Lateral migration of Arapaima gigas in floodplains of the Amazon. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17: 38-46. pdf

Castello, L. 2008 c.  Re-thinking the study and management of fisheries in Brazil. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 3: 18-22. [In Portuguese]  pdf

Castello, L. 2008 b.  Nesting habitat of pirarucu Arapaima gigas in floodplains of the Amazon. Journal of Fish Biology 72: 1520-1528.  pdf

2007

Arantes, C.C., Castello, L, Garcez, D.S. 2007. Variation among counts of Arapaima gigas (Schinz) (Osteoglossomorpha, Osteoglossidae) done by fishers individually in Mamirauá, Brazil.  Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences  2: 263-269. [In Portuguese]  pdf

Castello, L., Castello, J.P., Hall, C.A.S. 2007.  Problems in the management of tropical fisheries. Gaceta Ecológica Numero Especial 84: 65-73.  [In Spanish]  pdf

2006

Arantes, C.C., Garcez, D.S., Castello, L. 2006.  Population densities of pirarucu (Arapaima gigas, Teleostei, Osteoglossidae) in lakes in the Sustainable Development Reserves of Mamirauá and Amanã, Amazonas, Brazil. Uakari 2: 37-43. [In Portuguese]  pdf

2004

Castello, L. 2004.  A method to count pirarucu Arapaima gigas: fishers, assessment, and management.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management  24: 379-389.  pdf

2003

Castello L. 2003.  Review of: Fisheries science: The unique contributions of early life stages, by L. A. Fuiman and R. G. Werner. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132: 1033-1034  pdf

Castello, L. Castello, J.P. 2003. Anchovy stocks (Engraulis anchoita) and larval growth in the SW Atlantic.  Fisheries Research  59: 409-421.  pdf

 

Books

 

Castello, L. 2021. Advancing the conservation of Amazon freshwater ecosystems. Special Issue Guest Editor. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31.  Online Volume

Macedo, M. and L. Castello. 2015. State of the Amazon: Freshwater Connectivity and Ecosystem Health; edited by D. Oliveira, C. C. Maretti and S. Charity. Brasília, Brazil: WWF Living Amazon Initiative. 126 pages. pdf

 

Book chapters

 

Castello, L., Stewart, D.J., Arantes, C.C. 2014.  O que sabemos e precisamos fazer a respeito da conservação do pirarucu (Arapaima spp.) na Amazônia. Pages 17-32.  In: Biologia, conservação e manejo participativo de pirarucus na Pan-Amazônia. Amaral, E.S. (ed.) Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, AM. pdf

Castello, L., Arantes, C.C., Sarmento, F., McGrath, D.G. 2014.  Recuperando a pesca do pirarucu no baixo Amazonas, Brasil.  Pages 207-212.  In: Biologia, conservação e manejo participativo de pirarucus na Pan-Amazônia. Amaral, E.S. (ed.) Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, AM. pdf

Arantes, C.C., Castello, L. 2014.  Implicações da biologia, ecologia e contagens para o manejo do pirarucu.  Pages 33-42. In: Ecologia e Manejo do Pirarucu na Amazônia.  Amaral, E. Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, AM. pdf

Da Silveira, R., Arantes, C.C., Castello, L. 2012. Conservação de pirarucus e de crocodilianos no Amazonas: avaliação crítica do histórico de exploração e diretrizes para o manejo econômico na Amazônia brasileira. Pages 343-361. In: Biodiversidade Amazônica: caracterização, ecologia e conservação. Marcon, J.L., Menin, M., Araújo, M.G.P., Hrbek, T. (Eds.).  Edua, Manaus. pdf

Castello, L., Pinedo-Vasquez, M., Viana, J.P. 2011 c.  Participatory conservation and local knowledge in the Amazon várzea: The pirarucu management scheme in Mamirauá. Pages 261-176. In: The Amazon varzea: The decade past and the decade ahead.  Pinedo-Vasquez, M., Ruffino, M., Padoch, C.J., Brondízio, E.S. (eds).  Springer-Verlag. New York. pdf

Allan, D., Esselman, P., Abell R., McIntire P., Tubbs N., Biggs, H., Castello, L., Jenkins, A., Kingsford, R. 2010. Protected areas for freshwater ecosystems: Essential but underrepresented. Pages 152-181. In: Fresh Water: The Essence of Life.  Mittermeier, R.A., Farrell, T., Harrison, I.J., Upgren, A.J., Brooks, T. (eds).  CEMEX and iLCP. Arlington, Virginia.

Viana, J.P., Castello, L., Damasceno, J.M.B., Amaral, E.S.R., Estupiñán, G.M.B., Arantes, C.C., Batista, G.S., Garcez, D.S., Barbosa, S. 2007. Community-based management of pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) at the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil. Pages 239-261. In: Aquatic protected areas as a fishery management tool. Série Áreas Protegidas do Brasil, Volume 4. Ministério do Meio Ambiente e IBAMA. Brasília.

Crampon, W.G.R., Castello, L., Viana, J.P. 2004. Fisheries in the Amazon várzea: Historical trends, current status, and factors affecting sustainability. Pages 76-98. In: People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America. Silvius, K., Fragoso, J., Bodmer, R., (eds). Columbia University Press. New York. pdf

Crampton, W.G.R., Viana, J.P., Castello, L., Damasceno, J.M.B. 2004. Fisheries management in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve. Pages 99-122. In: People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America. Silvius, K., Fragoso, J., Bodmer, R. (eds). Columbia University Press. New York. pdf

Viana, J.P., Damasceno, J.M.B., Castello, L., Crampton, W.G.R. 2004.  Economic incentives for sustainable community management of fishery resources in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil. Pages 139-154. In:People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America. Silvius, K., Fragoso, J., Bodmer, R. (eds). Columbia University Press. New York. pdf

Viana, J.P., Damasceno, J.M.B., Castello, L. 2003.  Development of community fishery management in the Mamirauá, Amazonas, Brazil. Pages 335-352. In: Socialized fauna: Tendencies in the participatory management of wildlife in Latin America. Rozo, C., Ullua, A. (eds).  Fundación Natura, MacArthur Foundation, Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, Colombia (Bogota). [In SpanisH]