Preface

Participants

Organizational Profiles

Acknowledgments

Report at a Glance

Executive Summary and Overview

Introduction

Chapter summaries

Recommended Conservation and Research Activities

Introduction to the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Reinaldo Lourival

Monica Harris

Jensen R. Montambault

A Floristic Survey of the Rio Negro, Rio Aquidauana and Rio Miranda Watersheds (Headwaters) of the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Geraldo Alves Damasceno Junior

Jimi Naoki Nakajima

Ubirazilda Maria Rezende

Description of the Vegetation of the Rio Negro, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Robin B. Foster

Vali J. Pott

Suzana de Salis

Zoobenthos Survey of the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Alice Michiyo Takeda

Marcos Callisto Faria Pereira

Francisco Antonio R. Barbosa

Diversity and Abundance of Decapod Crustaceans in the Rio Negro Basin, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Celio Magalhaes

Fishes of the Rios Negro, Negrinho, Taboco, Aquidauana, Taquari and Miranda, Pantanal, Brasil: Diversity, Distribution, Critical Habitats and Value

Philip W. Willink

Otavio Froehlich

Antonio Machado-Allison

Naercio Menezes

Osvaldo Oyakawa

Agostinho Catella

Barry Chernoff

Flavio C.T. Lima

Monica Toledo-Piza

Hernan Ortega

Angela Maria Zanata

Ramiro Barriga

Ecological and Geographical Structure in Assemblages of Freshwater Fishes in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Barry Chernoff

Philip W. Willink

Amphibian and Reptile Survey of Selected Localities in the Southern Pantanal Floodplains and Surrounding Cerrado, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Christine Strussmann

Cynthia P. de Almeida Prado

Masao Uetanabaro

Vanda Lucia Ferreira

Biodiversity Patterns within the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Barry Chernoff

Philip W. Willink

Glossary

Gazetteer

Christine Strussmann

Cynthia P. de Almeida Prado

Masao Uetanabaro

Vanda Lucia Ferreira

Philip W. Willink

Maps of the Pantanal

Satellite image of the Pantanal showing AquaRAP sampling sites and conservation areas

Georeference stations for the 1998 Aquatic Rapid Assessment Program expedition to the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Georeference stations of the Rio Negro and Aquidauana basin

Images of the AquaRAP Expedition

Portuguese version

Appendices

1. AquaRAP sampling protocol

Barry Chernoff

Philip W. Willink

2. Limnological parameters measured during the AquaRAP expedition to the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, August to September, 1998

Francisco Antonio R. Barbosa

Marcos Faria Callisto Pereira

Alice Michiyo Takeda

Marcia Divina de Oliveira

3. List of plant species found at the sample points of the headwaters of the rios Negro, Aquidauana, Taquari and Miranda, between August 25 and September 8, 1998

Geraldo Alves Damasceno Junior

Jimi Naoki Nakajima

Ubirazilda Maria Rezende

4. List of plants collected by the Brasilian Botanical Team during the 1998 AquaRAP Survey (Rio Negro team)

Vali J. Pott

Suzana de Salis

5. Description of crustacean species collected from the Pantanal

Celio Magalhaes

6. Fishes collected and species new to science for each region sampled by the AquaRAP expedition to the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, from August 25 to September 9, 1998

Naercio Menezes

Otavio Froehlich

Osvaldo Oyakawa

Philip W. Willink

Antonio Machado-Allison

Barry Chernoff

7. Summary of herpetofauna collecting localities (headwaters team)

Christine Strussmann

Cynthia P. de Almeida Prado

Masao Uetanabaro

Vanda Lucia Ferreira

8. Summary of herpetofauna collecting localities (Rio Negro team)

Christine Strussmann

Cynthia P. de Almeida Prado

Masao Uetanabaro

Vanda Lucia Ferreira

9. Amphibians recorded during the AquaRAP survey, with natural history data

Christine Strussmann

Cynthia P. de Almeida Prado

Masao Uetanabaro

Vanda Lucia Ferreira

10. Reptiles recorded during the AquaRAP survey, with natural history data

Christine Strussmann

Cynthia P. de Almeida Prado

Masao Uetanabaro

Vanda Lucia Ferreira

11. Anuran species recorded in each region

Christine Strussmann

Cynthia P. de Almeida Prado

Masao Uetanabaro

Vanda Lucia Ferreira

12. Reptile species recorded in each region