E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919

André Lincoln Barroso de Magalhães; Claudia Maria Jacobi

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919

E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919

André Lincoln Barroso de Magalhães Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 2 Centro Universitário UNA, Rua José Cláudio Rezende, 80, 30455-590, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
Claudia Maria Jacobi Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919

Keywords: virtual shops, hobbyists, biological invasions

Abstract

The availability of freshwater aquarium fish species for sale was surveyed from July 2005 to June 2006 in Brazilian electronic commerce and the Orkut website. São Paulo was the leading state regarding virtual shops, auctions on Arremate/Mercado Livre, and hobbyists on Orkut, with 52, 44 and 46%, respectively. The Southeast and South regions led the offer of pest species such as C. carpio, C. auratus and P. reticulate. Among the 207 species for sale, 14 species considered potential pests were identified, contrasting with only one page that warned about the dangers of aquarium dumping. The easy access to fish (especially the potential pest species) through e-commerce and Orkut, together with the low total price (unitary value + shipping and handling ranging from US$ 17.67 to 30.39), and fast interstate delivery (two-four days on average) confirm the widespread e-commerce accessibility and its high dispersal potential via postal services and home hobbyists trade. It is imperative to enforce the use of warnings or alert messages in e-commerce about the dangers of biological invasions.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

André Lincoln Barroso de Magalhães, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 2 Centro Universitário UNA, Rua José Cláudio Rezende, 80, 30455-590, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Conservação e Manejo de Vida Silvestre,

Claudia Maria Jacobi, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas,

Published

2010-09-13

How to Cite

Magalhães, A. L. B. de, & Jacobi, C. M. (2010). E-commerce of freshwater aquarium fishes: potential disseminator of exotic species in Brazil - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 32(3), 243-248. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.3919

Download Citation

Issue

Vol 32 No 3 (2010)

Section

Ecology and Limnology

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY AND COPYRIGHTS

I Declare that current article is original and has not been submitted for publication, in part or in whole, to any other national or international journal.

The copyrights belong exclusively to the authors. Published content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) guidelines, which allows sharing (copy and distribution of the material in any medium or format) and adaptation (remix, transform, and build upon the material) for any purpose, even commercially, under the terms of attribution.

Read this link for further information on how to use CC BY 4.0 properly.