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The “Tilapia Law” encouraging non-native fish threatens Amazonian River basins

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  1. Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação; Laboratório de Análise e Síntese em Biodiversidade, Departamento de Botânica; Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação, Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

    André A. Padial, Fabrício A. Frehse, Luis A. V. Bezerra & Jean R. S. Vitule

  2. Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PEA), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil

    Ângelo A. Agostinho & Roger P. Mormul

  3. Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos

  4. Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação de Ecossistemas Aquáticos, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, Pontal do Araguaia, Brazil

    Dilermando P. Lima-Junior

  5. Pós-graduação em Tecnologias para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Ouro Branco, Brazil

    André L. B. Magalhães

  6. Núcleo de Estudos Ambientais, Universidade Federal de Tocantins, Porto Nacional, Brazil

    Fernando M. Pelicice

  7. Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil

    Mário L. Orsi

  8. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Planejamento e Uso de Recursos Renováveis, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Sorocaba, Brazil

    Miguel Petrere-Junior

  9. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sustentabilidade de Ecossistemas Costeiros e Marinhos, UNISANTA, Santos, Brazil

    Miguel Petrere-Junior

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Padial, A.A., Agostinho, Â.A., Azevedo-Santos, V.M. et al. The “Tilapia Law” encouraging non-native fish threatens Amazonian River basins. Biodivers Conserv 26, 243–246 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1229-0

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