Biology and Physiology of Freshwater Neotropical Fish

Authors

Bernardo Baldisserotto Full Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil. Bernardo Baldisserotto is a full professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Federal University of Santa Maria. He has published five books on fish physiology and fish culture, and has organized and participated in numerous other books and journal publications. Dr. Baldisserotto is editor-in-chief for the Physiology and Biochemistry section of Neotropical Ichthyology and associate editor of Fishes and the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. Elisabeth Criscuolo Urbinati Aquaculture Center, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho. Elisabeth Criscuolo Urbinati is an associate professor in fish physiology at the S�o Paulo State University (Unesp), Jaboticabal campus. She was founder and president of the Aquabio, the Brazilian Society of Aquaculture and Aquatic Biology, and has published books and journal publications on fish physiology and fish culture. She has been working as member of committees of scientific meetings and research funding agencies. J.E.P. Cyrino Associate Professor, Fish Culture, Animal Science Department, College of Agriculture Luiz de Quieroz, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Jos� Eurico Cyrino is a full professor in fish culture and nutrition at the University of S�o Paulo, and is an accredited 'ad hoc' scientific adviser to all major Brazilian research funding agencies. Dr. Cyrino is an associate editor with the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, and a member of the editorial boards for several international scientific journals.