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Invasibility of reservoirs in the Paraná Basin, Brazil, to Cichla kelberi Kullander and Ferreira, 2006

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The invasion process comprises not only the characteristics of nonindigenous species but also the attributes of the invaded environment which make it susceptible to the establishment of nonindigenous species. Habitat attributes operate like filters in determining the establishment of introduced species and the invasibility of a region. In the Upper Paraná River Basin, Brazil, the practice of introducing species was quite common and frequently carried out by hydroelectric companies. The target species of the present study, the peacock-bass Cichla kelberi, is native to the Amazon Basin. This species was introduced into several reservoirs of the Upper Paraná River Basin and is dispersing rapidly throughout the system. This study shows which characteristics of the reservoirs facilitate their invasibility after testing for the effect of propagule pressure. We conclude that a set of abiotic factors favors the invasibility of these reservoirs. To be more precise, the largest, deepest, most transparent and warmest reservoirs are the most likely to be colonized by Cichla kelberi. It is possible that other environments with similar characteristics to these reservoirs, such as the lagoons from the Upper Paraná River Basin floodplain, can also be colonized by Cichla kelberi.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Ana Petry, Leandro Fulone, two anonymous reviewers, and the editor-in-chief, Dr. Daniel Simberloff, for their valuable comments and suggestions, which greatly improved the first version of this paper. We would also like to express our gratitude to Dr. Edson Fontes de Oliveira for assistance with the Mantel Test and to NUPELIA for the logistic support. Special thanks should be given to the hydroelectric companies, Pousada Recanto do Tucunaré and to Dr. José Fernando Pinese for providing unpublished data. This study was funded by CAPES and CNPq, Brazil.

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Espínola, L.A., Minte-Vera, C.V. & Júlio , H.F. Invasibility of reservoirs in the Paraná Basin, Brazil, to Cichla kelberi Kullander and Ferreira, 2006. Biol Invasions 12, 1873–1888 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-009-9598-x

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