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Table 1 Number and percentage of households consuming freshwater turtles in the city of Tapauá in 2007

From: Chain of commercialization of Podocnemis spp. turtles (Testudines: Podocnemididae) in the Purus River, Amazon basin, Brazil: current status and perspectives

Species

N(%)

Animals

C

EC

B

CP

P. sextuberculata

98 (79)

1,102

8 (5–15)

14,888 (9,305–27,915)

13,399 (8,374–25,123)

7.2 (4.5–13.5)

P. unifilis

69 (55)

169

2 (1–3)

2,620 (1,310–3,930)

7,545 (3,773–11,318)

5.76 (2.88–8.64)

P. expansa

74 (59)

198

2 (1–4)

2,812 (1,406–5,624)

14,032 (7,016–28,064)

9.98 (4.99–19.96)

  1. N (%) = number of animals whose consumption was reported; C = mean consumption per household; EC = number of animals estimated; B = estimated biomass consumed (in kg); CP = Consumption per capita (g/day). Values brackets represent 25% and 75% percentiles.
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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