A new index, Cumulative Change in Biodiversity Facets, revealed marked changes in biodiversity in >50% of the world’s rivers covering >40% of the world’s continental -
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Authors
Su G., M. Logez, J. Xu, S. Tao, S. Villeger, and S. Brosse
Publication Date
19 Feb 2021
Publication Name
Science
Topics
Cumulative Change in Biodiversity, Freshwater, Fish morphology
Ngor et al. (2018) reported a decline since 2000 in the catch of larger species which tend to occupy higher trophic levels; compensatory increases in the -
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Authors
Halls, A.S. and Hortle, K.G.
Publication Date
15 February 2021
Publication Name
Scientific Reports
Topics
Environmental impact, Freshwater ecology, Hydrology
This paper explores the social and environmental impacts of several Mekong basin hydropower dams and groupings of dams and the geographies of their impacts. Specifically, -
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Authors
Soukhaphon, A., I.G. Baird, and Z.S. Hogan
Publication Date
22 January 2021
Publication Name
Water
Topics
Mekong; hydropower; livelihoods; fisheries
This review attempts to: (i) present the Mekong regional characteristics (geography, topological settings, climatic conditions, hydrology, demographic features and the anthropogenic activities), (ii) present the -
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Authors
Le Meur, M., V.L. Phu, and N. Gratiot
Publication Date
5 January 2021
Publication Name
River Deltas - Recent Advances [Working Title]
Topics
Mekong River, Mekong delta, dams, climate-change, delta sinking
The authors completed a meta-analysis of aquatic and riparian environmental losses from current, planned, and proposed hydropower dams in the 3S and LMB using 46 papers -
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Authors
Null, S.E., A. Farshid, G. Goodrum, C.A. Gray, S. Lohani, C.N. Morrisett, L. Prudencio, and R. Sor
Publication Date
30 December 2020
Publication Name
Water
Topics
hydropower planning; fish; hydrologic alteration; biodiversity; 3S Basin; connectivity
This review summarizes published literature on the evaluation of marine and freshwater protected areas to provide guidance on the evaluation of community-managed FPAs in the -
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Authors
Loury, E.K. and S.M. Ainsley
Publication Date
16 December 2020
Publication Name
Water
Topics
aquatic protected areas; community management; fish conservation; freshwater conservation; inland fisheries; monitoring and evaluation
This study aimed to characterize patterns of the fish communities and identify the ecological status of each fish community using daily catch data from 2007 to -
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Authors
Nuon, V., S. Lek, P.B. Ngor, N. So, and G. Grenouillet
Publication Date
15 December 2020
Publication Name
Water
Topics
self-organizing map; species diversity; indicator species; fish community structure; rarefaction curve; ABC curve; fish community health
This paper shares the authors' experience implementing a participatory system dynamics modeling analysis in the Mekong river basin, a paradigmatic example for international nexus research. Their transdisciplinary research -
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Authors
Gallagher, L., B. Kopainsky, A. M. Bassi, A. Betancourt, C. Bun, P. Chan, S. Costanzo, S. St. George Freeman, C. Horm, S. Khim, M. Neang, N. Rin, K. Sereyrotha, K. Sok, C. Sovann, M. Thieme, K. Watkins, C. A. Wyborn, and C. Bréthaut
Publication Date
December 2020
Publication Name
Ecology and Society
Topics
Cambodia; Mekong; participatory research; resilience; risk; scenario analysis; system dynamics modeling; water-energy-food nexus
‘No-take’ marine reserves have become a cornerstone of marine ecosystem-based fisheries management, and their benefits for adjacent fisheries are maximized when reserve design fosters synergies -
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Authors
Koning, A.A., K.M. Perales, E. Fluet-Chouinard, and P.B. McIntyre
Publication Date
25 November 2020
Publication Name
Nature
Topics
aquatic protected areas; community management; fish conservation; freshwater conservation; inland fisheries; monitoring and evaluation
This paper investigated the temporal changes in fish catch weight and fish assemblage structure for the period 1995–2000 before fishing lot abolishment (BLA) and for the -
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Authors
Chan, B., P.B. Ngor, Z.S. Hogan, N. So, S. Brosse, and S. Lek.
Publication Date
23 October 2020
Publication Name
Water
Topics
fishing lot abolishment, private property regime, fisheries policy reform, overfishing, indiscriminate fishing, community fisheries, co-management, common property regime, Tonle Sap Lake