Estimating benefits and costs: a case of fish passages in Lao PDR and the development of the Lower Mekong Fishway Support Tool

published on 18 July 2019

This study outlines the development of a decision support tool designed to assist officials in the Lower Mekong evaluate the merits of constructing fishways to - Read More…

Authors

B. Cooper, L. Crase, and L.J. Baumgartner

Publication Date

18 July 2019

Publication Name

Marine and Freshwater Research

Topics

benefit–cost analysis, decision support tool, nutrition

Fish assemblage convergence along stream environmental gradients: an intercontinental analysis

published on 09 July 2019

This study analyzes trait–environment relationships across multiple stream fish assemblages representing evolutionarily divergent faunas. One hundred and ninety‐seven species and forty streams were sampled from five - Read More…

Authors

L.M. Bower and K.O. Winemiller

Publication Date

09 July 2019

Publication Name

Ecography

Topics

environmental filters, fishes, intercontinental microhabitat, streams

Characterising the drivers of tropical freshwater fish dynamics and abundance in the Mekong river, under environmental change

published on June 2019

This thesis explores the impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activity on Mekong hydrology and system function, and the impacts these have on fish and - Read More…

Authors

Santos, R.F.A

Publication Date

June 2019

Publication Name

Department of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, The University of Hull

Topics

Earth observation, historical fisheries data, hydrological records, hydrological modelling, environmental DNA metabarcoding analyses

Genetic variation, demographic history and phylogeography of tire track eel, Mastacembelus favus (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) in Southeast Asia

published on 03 June 2019

The genetic structure of the tire track eel, Mastacembelus favus, was investigated from individuals encompassing its native range. The results classified all haplotypes into two major - Read More…

Authors

Jamaluddin, J.A.F., N. So, B.M. Tam, A. Ahmad, C. Grudpan, L.M. Page, Z. Khaironizam, and S.A.M. Nor

Publication Date

03 June 2019

Publication Name

Hydrobiologia

Topics

Mastacembelus favus, Mastacembelidae, Cytochrome b, Phylogeography, Divergence time, Southeast Asia

Genetic diversity and structure of striped snakehead (Channa striata) in the Lower Mekong Basin: Implications for aquaculture and fisheries management

published on 1 June 2019

Striped snakehead samples were collected from three wild and three cultured populations in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta for comparison to samples from eight wild populations - Read More…

Authors

Duong, T., S. Uy, P. Chheng, N. So, T.T. Tran, N.T. Nguyen, R. Pomeroy, and H. Egna

Publication Date

1 June 2019

Publication Name

Fisheries Research

Topics

Channa striata, Genetic diversity, Domestication, Population structure, mtDNA

DNA barcodes for the identification of species diversity in fish from Kwan Phayao, Thailand

published on 27 May 2019

DNA barcodes or the partial sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene were used to identify fish at the species level in Kwan Phayao, - Read More…

Authors

Panprommin, D., K. Soontornprasit, S. Tuncharoen, S. Pithakpol, and J. Keereelang

Publication Date

27 May 2019

Publication Name

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity

Topics

Cytochrome c oxidase, IDNA barcodes, Fish species diversity, HRM analysis, Kwan phayao

Impacts of hydroelectric dams on fishes and fisheries in tropical rivers through the lens of functional traits

published on 24 May 2019

Observed and expected impacts of hydroelectric dams on tropical fishes and fisheries through the lens of fish functional traits and consequences of shifting functional diversity - Read More…

Authors

Arantes, C.C., D.B. Fitzgerald, D.J. Hoeinghaus, and K.O. Winemiller

Publication Date

24 May 2019

Publication Name

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Topics

Functional traits, Fisheries yields, Tropical fishes, Hydroelectric dams

Characteristics of two populations of Thai river sprat Clupeichthys aesarnensis from man-made reservoirs in Thailand and Laos, with aspects of gonad development

published on 24 May 2019

Growth and reproduction of the Thai river sprat Clupeichthys aesarnensis (Teleostei: Clupeidae) in Sirindhorn Reservoir, Thailand, and Nam Ngum Reservoir, Laos, were investigated using age - Read More…

Authors

Morioka, S., B. Vongvichith, J. Marui, T. Okutsu, P. Phomikong, P. Avakul, and T. Jutagate

Publication Date

24 May 2019

Publication Name

Fisheries Science

Topics

Clupeichthys aesarnensis, Growth, Otolith daily increments, Gonadosomatic index

Monitoring of tropical freshwater fish resources for sustainable use

published on 05 April 2019

This paper describes an integrated citizen‐science, earth observation, environmental DNA and independent survey approach to collecting fish and fisheries data, using the Cambodian Mekong as - Read More…

Authors

Elliott, V.L., P. Chheng, S. Uy, and G.W. Holtgrieve

Publication Date

05 April 2019

Publication Name

Journal of Fish Biology

Topics

citizen‐science, earth observation, eDNA, inland fisheries, Mekong, monitoring

Maintaining perspective of ongoing environmental change in the Mekong floodplains

published on 27 February 2019

This paper examines regional and local impacts on rapid environmental change in the Mekong floodplains of Cambodia and Vietnam. View online

Authors

M.E. Arias, G.W. Holtgrieve, P.B. Ngor, T.D. Dang, and T. Piman

Publication Date

27 February 2019

Publication Name

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Topics

dams, climate change, sustainable development, overfishing, floodplain, hydropower, deforestation