Description:
This Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) bulletin reports on the findings of the 2002 AquaRAP survey of the aquatic ecosystems of the Gulf of Paria and Orinoco Delta in Venezuela. The volume examines the fishes and macroinvertebrates of the shallow water ecosystems in this habitat, and also includes excerpted information from previous studies on the geology and other animals of the region.
Brief description: Leeanne E. Alonso is director of Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program. Jessica Deichmann is a research associate with Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program in Arlington, Virginia. Sheila A. McKenna is a marine ecologist and senior research scientistwith SEAlliance. Piotr Naskrecki is an entomologist, invertebrate conservationist, and nature writer and photographer, currently with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Stephen Richards is managerof Conservation International'sRAPbiodiversity assessmentprogram for theAsia-Pacific region, aResearch Associateat the South AustralianMuseum, and a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature'sAmphibian Red-list Authority.