@article{fdi:010081493, title = {{S}pecies-level ichthyoplankton dynamics for 97 fishes in two major river basins of the {A}mazon using quantitative metabarcoding}, author = {{M}ariac, {C}{\'e}dric and {R}enno, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {G}arcia-{D}avila, {C}. and {V}igouroux, {Y}ves and {M}ejia, {E}. and {A}ngulo, {C}. and {R}uiz, {D}. {C}. and {E}stivals, {G}uillain and {N}olorbe, {C}. and {V}asquez, {A}. {G}. and {N}unez {R}odriguez, {J}esus and {C}ochonneau, {G}{\'e}rard and {F}lores, {M}. and {A}lvarado, {J}. and {V}ertiz, {J}. and {C}hota-{M}acuyama, {W}. and {S}anchez, {H}. and {M}iranda, {G}. and {D}uponchelle, {F}abrice}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he {A}mazon basin holds the world's largest freshwater fish diversity. {I}nformation on the intensity and timing of reproductive ecology of {A}mazonian fish is scant. {W}e use a metabarcoding method by capture using a single probe to quantify species-level ichthyoplankton dynamics. {W}e sampled the {M}aranon and the {U}cayali rivers in {P}eru monthly for 2 years. {W}e identified 97 species that spawned mainly during the flood start, the flood end or the receding periods, although some species had spawning activity in more than one period. {T}his information was new for 40 of the species in the {A}mazon basin and 80 species in {P}eru. {M}ost species ceased spawning for a month during a strong hydrological anomaly in {J}anuary 2016, demonstrating the rapidity with which they react to environmental modifications during the breeding season. {W}e also document another unreported event in the {A}mazon basin, the inverse phenology of species belonging to one genus ({T}riportheus). {O}verall larval flow in the {M}aranon was more than twice that of the {U}cayali, including for most commercial species (between two and 20 times higher), whereas the {U}cayali accounts for similar to 80% of the fisheries landings in the region. {O}ur results are discussed in the light of the main anthropogenic threats to fishes, hydropower dam construction and the {H}idrovia {A}mazonica, and should serve as a pre-impact baseline.}, keywords = {capture ; fish larvae ; {M}aranon ; metabarcoding ; phenology ; {U}cayali ; {PEROU} ; {AMAZONE} {BASSIN} ; {MARANON} {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {UCAYALI} {COURS} {D}'{EAU}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}olecular {E}cology}, volume = {[{E}arly access]}, numero = {}, pages = {[22 ]}, ISSN = {0962-1083}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.1111/mec.15944}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081493}, }