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Research and Conservation projects in the Rio Negro Basin.

Peacock Bass Project

Tagging Peacock Bass

Phil and Ruth Marsteller, founders of the Rio Negro Lodge and the Rio Negro Foundation are collaborating with researchers from The National Institute of Amazon Research (INPA) and Auburn University in a multi-year study of peacock bass in the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil.

Project Tucunaré Summary 2004-05

Radio Tag

The 2004-05 fishing season was a great success for the Rio Negro Foundation supported Project Tucunaré, directed by Dr. Bruce Foresburg of the National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) in Manaus, Brazil. More than 600 peacock bass representing the three species found in the middle Rio Negro were tagged during the season.

Amazon Turtle Project

Researchers will be capturing turtles on the RNL property as well as buying Big-headed side neck turtles Peltocephalus dumerilianus (cabeçudos) from local fishermen at the head waters of the Rio Itu, which will be used for study of reproduction.
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Rio Negro Basin

Factors that Influence the emission of CO₂ and CH₄in Flooded Interfluvial Areas of the Middle Rio Negro

In the last decade there has been much talk about the environment and the changes caused by human activity, an example being global warming caused by an increase in green house gasses. Methane (CH₄), Carbon dioxide (CO₂) and Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) are the gasses considered to have the greatest warming effect.

Research Facility

As the numbers of fishermen seeking peacock bass increase, so to does our need to understand more about the population structure and life history of peacock bass in the Rio Negro. To date very little very little scientific data has been collected on peacock bass.

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