This paper discusses the fishery and agricultural sectors of the Lower Mekong Basin and focuses on the downstream floodplains of Cambodia and Vietnam. The dam construction has -
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Authors
Yoshida, Y., H.S. Lee, B.H. Trung, H. Tran, M.K. Lall, K. Kakar, and T.D. Xuan
Publication Date
19 March 2020
Publication Name
Sustainablility
Topics
Mekong River, economic impacts, tradeoff, aquaculture, floodplain, Tonle Sap, migration barrier
Using commercial fishing lot catch data from 1994/1995 to 1999/2000, fishing seasons and environmental data (land cover and bioclimatic variables), the authors describe spatial distribution of -
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Authors
Chan, B., S. Brosse, Z.S. Hogan, P.B. Ngor, and S. Lek
Publication Date
12 March 2020
Publication Name
Water
Topics
commercial fishing, land cover, bioclimatic variables, fish biomass, core fish habitat
This paper examines the production and use of science by three IRBOs: the (US – Canada) International Joint Commission, the International Commission for the Protection -
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Authors
Milman, A. and A.K. Gerlak
Publication Date
5 March 2020
Publication Name
Environmental Science & Policy
Topics
Hydrodiplomacy, Science, International river basin organizations, Politics, Transboundary rivers
Growth, reproduction, and lifespan were reviewed in three indigenous small-sized fishes in Lao PDR belonging to different taxa, Parambassis siamensis (Ambassidae), Rasbora rubrodorsalis (Cyprinidae), and -
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Authors
Morioka, S. and B. Vongvichith
Publication Date
01 March 2020
Publication Name
JIRCAS Working Report No. 90
Topics
Food, Aquaculture, Fish Diversity, Invasive Species, Otolith
Common freshwater fish in the Chi River, Thailand were caught by local fishermen and investigated for abundance, size, color and shape of microplastics. Eight fish -
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Authors
Kasamesiri, P. and W. Thaimuangphol
Publication Date
01 March 2020
Publication Name
International Journal of GEOMATE
Topics
Microplastics Pollution, Freshwater fish, Stomach content, Aquatic Environment
This study examined the effectiveness of a new cone fishway for facilitating lateral migrations of river-floodplain fish communities in the Lower Mekong Basin in Lao -
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Authors
Baumgartner, L.J., C. Boys, Tim Marsden, J. McPherson, N. Ning, O. Phonekhampheng, W. Robinson, D.Singhanouvong, I.G. Stuart, and G.Thorncraft
Publication Date
13 February 2020
Publication Name
Water
Topics
Fish passage; Lower Mekong Basin; river infrastructure; sustainable irrigation; wetland
In this research the authors evaluate and categorize the fishers' perspectives on the environmental, economic, social, and legal impacts of transitioning from a private property system -
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Authors
Bahadur K.C., V. Elliott, R. Seng, R.S. Pomeroy., J. Schenkels, and E.D.G. Fraser
Publication Date
12 February 2020
Publication Name
Environmental Development
Topics
Natural resources governance, Fishery, Community fishery management, Tonle Sap, Cambodia
The social relations and biophysical flows that link water, food, and energy systems are said to form a ‘nexus’. Efforts to steer or otherwise exert -
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Authors
Lebel, L., A. Haefner, C. Pahl-Wostl, and A. Baduri
Publication Date
22 January 2020
Publication Name
Sustainability Science
Topics
Water-energy-food nexus, Water governance, Hydropower, Irrigation, Southeast Asia
This study used morphological and stable isotope data to explore how fish functional and trophic diversity vary between the four rivers that comprise the Mekong-3S river -
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Authors
Montaña, C.G., C. Ou, F. W. Keppeler, and K.O. Winemiller
Publication Date
14 January 2020
Publication Name
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Topics
Cambodia, Fish assemblage, Functional trait, Isotopic niche, Stable isotope analysis
This paper adopts a political ecology approach to examine the present economic, ecological and political circumstances associated with the management of the Pak Mun Dam, including -
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Authors
Baird, I.G., K. Manorom, A. Phenow, and S. Gaja-Svasti
Publication Date
01 January 2020
Publication Name
Water alternatives
Topics
Hydropower dam, fish migration, infrastructure, fisheries, Pak Mun, Thailand