Paying for Hydro Energy With Tropical Biodiversity and Fisheries (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Paying for Hydro Energy With Tropical Biodiversity and Fisheries (1 of 3)

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This image shows fishes for sale on the bank of the Mekong River at Stung Treng, Cambodia. Freshwater fisheries that sustain livelihoods of millions of people in the Lower Mekong Basin are threatened by hydropower development that blocks fish migration and alters flow, sediment, and nutrient dynamics that sustain ecosystem services. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 8, 2016 issue of <i>Science</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.O. Winemiller at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, and colleagues was titled, "Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong."

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Kirk Winemiller

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