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Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Ecology, Lancaster University

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August 6, 2020

Culverts – the major threat to fish you’ve probably never heard of

Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley, Swansea University; Cecilia Gontijo Leal, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and Sayali Pawar, Swansea University

Fish need to cross roads too. But the tunnels built to channel rivers under roads and railways can block their migrations.

The Amazon rainforest is fed by a rich network of creeks, streams and rivers. Informal road construction is now endangering this critical ecosystem. Rickey Rogers/Reuters

March 1, 2018

Amazonian dirt roads are choking Brazil’s tropical streams

Cecilia Gontijo Leal, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém

Thousands of dirt roads crisscross the Brazilian Amazon, serving ranchers, loggers and miners. The area’s fragile waterways — and the spectacular fish that live in them — pay a high price.

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