1 Introduction. Randall W. Myster
Section I Igapó over space and time
2 Diversity of dispersal systems in Igapo forests: an analysis of local tree diversity, species turnover and dispersal systems. Maria Natalia Umana, Diego F. Correa, Angela Cano, Luisa F. Casas, Sasha Cardenas, Boris Villanueva, Pablo Stevenson
3 A floristic assessment of the Ecuador Amazon tree flora. Juan Ernesto Guevara A., Hugo Mogollón, Nigel C.A. Pitman, Carlos Cerón, Walter Palacios, David A. Neill
Section II Water and light
4 Mercury in black-waters of the Amazon. Daniele Kasper, Bruce Rider Forsberg, Helena do Amaral Kehrig, Joao Henrique, Fernandes do Amaral, Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos, Olaf Malm
Section III Soil and the carbon cycle
5 Soil carbon and the carbon cycle in the central Amazon forest. Fabrício Berton Zanchi.
6 Igapó ecosystem soils: features and environmental importance. Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro Ruivo, Denise de Andrade Cunha, Rosecelia Moreira da Silva Castro1, Elessandra Laura Nogueira Lopes, Darley C. Leal Matos, Rita Denize de Oliveira
Section IV Litter, fungi and invertebrates
7 Diversity and phenology of Arachnids in Igapó forests. Lidianne Salvatierra
8 Influence of flood levels on the richness and abundance of galling insects associated with tr4ees from seasonally flooded forests of Central Amazonia, Brazil. Genimar R. Juliao, Eduardo M. Venticinque, G. Wilson Fernandes
Section V Vertebrates
9 Primates of Igapó forests. Adrian Barnett, Thays Juca
10 Influence of time and flood on diurnal mammal diversity and story level use in igapó forest in the Peruvian Amazon. Rosa R. Jessen, Geoffrey H. Palmer and John L. Koprowski
11 Primates use of Flooded and Unflooded forests in Peruvian Amazonia. Janice Chism, Richard L. Jackson Jr
12 Turtles of the Igapo: their ecology and susceptibility to mercury uptake. Larissa Schneider, Richard C. Vogt
Section VI Plants 13 Does igapó trees species exclusive of igapó forest? Or Geographic patterns of tree taxa in the igapó forest - Negro river - Brazilian Amazon. Veridiana Vizoni Scudeller
14 The fishes and the forest forty years after Goulding. Mauricio Camargo Zorro
15 Structure, Composition, Growth and Potential of the Forest in Temporary or Periodically Flooding Forests by Sewage, Near Iquitos. Juan Celidonio Ruiz Macedo, Dario Davila Paredes and Rodil Tello Espinoza.
Section VII Human impacts and management
16 Twenty-five years of forest rehabilitation and restoration of an igapo forest in Central Amazonia, Brazil. Fabio Rubio Scarano, Reinaldo Luis Bozelli, Andre Tavares Correia Dias
About the Author: Dr. Randall W. Myster teaches in the Biology Department at Oklahoma State University.
