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
Doss, S, 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 559: 517–526. 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: 747−752. 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 2, fig 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]