A fresh look at inland fisheries and their role in food security and livelihoods

published on 26 September 2019
To highlight inland fisheries' catch and contribution to global nutrition, this paper synthesizes recent data and innovative approaches for assessing such livelihood contributions and their - Read More…

Authors

Funge‐Smith, S. and A. Bennett

Publication Date

26 September 2019

Publication Name

Fish and Fisheries

Topics

Economic value, Global catch, Inland fisheries, Livelihoods, Nutrition

Ventilatory responses of the clown knifefish, Chitala ornata, to arterial hypercapnia remain after gill denervation

published on 24 September 2019
The aim of this study was to corroborate the presence of CO2/H+-sensitive arterial chemoreceptors involved in producing air-breathing responses to aquatic hypercarbia in the facultative - Read More…

Authors

Tuong, D.D., D.T.T. Huong, N. T. Phuong, M. Bayley, and W.K. Milsom

Publication Date

24 September 2019

Publication Name

Journal of Comparative Physiology B

Topics

Air breathing, CO2, Gill denervation, Aquatic hypercarbia, Acetazolamide

A flood of models: Mekong ecologies of comparison

published on 20 September 2019
The first half of this article discusses how and why a wide array of hydrological, hydrodynamic, and other models to understand the dynamics of the Mekong - Read More…

Authors

Jensen, C. B.

Publication Date

20 September 2019

Publication Name

Social Studies of Science

Topics

hydrology, Mekong, modeling, science policy, water resources

Major dams and the challenge of achieving “No Net Loss” of biodiversity in the tropics

published on 10 September 2019
The principle of “No Net Loss” (NNL)—under which biodiversity impacts of development projects are quantified and fully mitigated—is being increasingly applied to large infrastructure development - Read More…

Authors

Jones, I. L. and J. W. Bull

Publication Date

10 September 2019

Publication Name

Sustainable Development

Topics

biodiversity offsets, conservation, food security, hydropower, river connectivity, sustainability

Analyzing drivers of fish biomass and biodiversity within community fish refuges in Cambodia

published on 28 August 2019
This study analyzes the relative associations of site characteristics, annual fluctuations, biophysical modifications (e.g., deepening, creation of inlet/outlets, etc.), and governance capacity (i.e., community committee meeting - Read More…

Authors

Fiorella, K. J., E. R. Bageant, M. Kim, V. Sean, V. Try, H. J. MacDonell, E. Baran, Y. Kura, A. C. Brooks, C. B. Barrett, and S. Thilsted.

Publication Date

28 August 2019

Publication Name

Ecology and Society

Topics

coupled human and natural systems, freshwater fisheries, inland fisheries, Mekong River, protected areas, social-ecological systems, Tonle Sap Lake

Fish assemblage composition within the floodplain habitat mosaic of a tropical lake (Tonle Sap, Cambodia)

published on 27 August 2019
This paper evaluated whether mesohabitat‐scale (1–5 km) factors throughout the Tonle Sap Lake floodplain structured the fish assemblage temporally and spatially and concluded that fish assemblage structure and - Read More…

Authors

Pool, T., V. Elliott, G. Holtgrieve, M. Arias, I. Altman, L. Kaufman, K. McCann, E.D.G. Fraser, L. Tudesque, M. Chevalier, G. Grenouillet, R. Chea, S. Lek, B. McMeans, M. Cooperman, C. Phen, L. Hannah, B. Miller, C. Guo, and S. Nam

Publication Date

27 August 2019

Publication Name

Freshwater Biology

Topics

climate change, conservation, fishes, floodplains, food web, Cambodia, Tonle Sap

Genetic diversity of the endangered Mekong Giant Catfish, Striped Catfish, and their hybrids from Thailand

published on 14 August 2019
The authors sequenced mitochondrial (mt) DNA of the cytochrome B region, and a control region, to characterize the genetic variation of P. gigas, P. hypophthalmus, and - Read More…

Authors

Phadphon, P., T. Amontailak, N. Kotchantuek, S. Srithawong, W. Kutanan, and C. Suwannapoom

Publication Date

14 August 2019

Publication Name

Tropical Conservation Science

Topics

Mekong giant catfish, mitochondrial DNA, cytochrome B region, control region, Thailand

Speaking the same language: can the sustainable development goals translate the needs of inland fisheries into irrigation decisions?

published on 6 August 2019
Using case studies of two globally important river catchments, namely the Lower Mekong and Murray–Darling basins, this paper highlights the conflicts and opportunities for improved outcomes - Read More…

Authors

Lynch, A.J., L.J. Baumgartner, C.A. Boys, J. Conallin, I.G. Cowx, C.M. Finlayson, P.A. Franklin, Z. Hogan, J.D. Koehn, M.P. McCartney, G. O’Brien, K. Phouthavong, L.G.M. Silva, C.A. Tob, J. Valbo-Jørgensen, A.V. Vu, L. Whiting, A. Wibowo, and P. Duncan

Publication Date

6 August 2019

Publication Name

Marine and Freshwater Research

Topics

food security, integrated management, Mekong River, Murray–Darling Basin, SDGs.

Last exit before the brink: Conservation genomics of the Cambodian population of the critically endangered southern river terrapin

published on 05 August 2019
In this study, 10 microsatellite markers were amplified, 2,658 presumably unlinked and neutral single nucleotide polymorphisms were obtained, and 784 bp of mtDNA from 50 samples were - Read More…

Authors

Çilingir, F.G., A. Seah, B.D. Horne, S. Som, D.P. Bickford, and F.E. Rheindt

Publication Date

05 August 2019

Publication Name

Ecology and Evolution

Topics

Batagur, Cambodia, conservation genetics, ddRAD‐seq

Migratory fishes in Myanmar rivers and wetlands: challenges for sustainable development between irrigation water control infrastructure and sustainable inland capture fisheries

published on 30 July 2019
This paper explores the various components of policy and governance, institutional and educational capacity and technical and management-based practices needed to plan and integrate better - Read More…

Authors

J.C. Conallin, L.J. Baumgartner, Z. Lunn, M. Akester, N. Win, N.N. Tun, M.M.M. Nyunt, A.M. Swe, N. Chan, and I.G. Cowx

Publication Date

30 July 2019

Publication Name

Marine and Freshwater Research

Topics

cross-sector collaboration, fish barriers, fish migration, fish passage, food and nutrition security, sustainable development goals