This volume describes the results of a biological expedition to the Coppename River, which travels through the forests of the Central Suriname Nature Reserve before entering the Atlantic Ocean. Never before surveyed in any systematic way, the Coppename River was found to be one of the most intact and pristine watersheds the biological team has ever encountered. The report documents the expedition’s biodiversity findings, including ten fish species new to science.
Preface
Participants and Authors
Organizational Profiles
Acknowledgements
Report at a Glance
Executive Summary
Rapportage in een Oogopslag
Uitgebreide Samenvatting
Sjatu Skrifi
Map
Photos of the AquaRAP Expedition
Chapters Chapter 1. Overview of the Coppename River Basin and the Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Haydi J. Berrenstein
Chapter 2. Water Quality of the Coppename River Basin, withy notes on aquativ fauna distribution
Paul Ouboter and Gwen Landburg
Chapter 3. Plant Diversity of the Central Suriname Nature Reserve:
Implications for Conservation and Biogeography
David Clarke and Jayne H. Rhodes
Chapter 4. A Survey of the aquativ invertebrates of the Coppename River,
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Guido Pereira and Haydi J. Berrenstein
Chapter 5. Fishes of the Coppename River, Central Suriname Nature
Reserve, Suriname
Jan H. Mol, Philip Willink, Barry Chernoff, and Michael Cooperman
GazetteerAppendices
Appendix 1. Plants collected in the Central Suriname Nature Reserve during the AquaRAP survey
David Clarke and Jayne Rhodes
Appendix 2. Checklist of the Plants of the AquaRAP Expedition to the Central Suriname Nature Reserve
David Clarke and Jayne Rhodes
Appendix 3. Aquatic invertebrate taxa (family, genus, species) and number of individuals collected in each of the AquaRAP sampling areas
Guido Pereira and Haydi J. Berrenstein
Appendix 4. Taconomic notes on select fishes collected during the 2004 AquaRAP expedition to the Coppename River, Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname
Philip W. Wilink and Brian L. Sidlauskas
Appendix 5. Collectors of freshwater fishes in Suriname
Jan H. Mol
Appendix 6. Fishes and the drainage they were collected in during the 2004 AquaRAP expedition to the Coppename River, Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname
Jan H. Mol, Phillip Willink, Barry Chernoff, and Michael Cooperman
Leeanne E. Alonso is vice president of the Rapid Assessment Program of the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International.
Haydi J. Berrenstein is education coordinator for Conservation International’s Suriname office.
