Researchers Find Dam Flow Patterns Could Boost Yields at Freshwater Fisheries
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] - December 8, 2017
Dams could pose a threat to fisheries … and potentially help them. A study conducted on the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia found that “optimizing pulses” from dams may alter fish abundance.
Researchers based their study on the Mekong River basin because it’s home to one of the largest freshwater fisheries in the world. Data collected between 1993 and 2012 was analyzed to see how controlled pulses would alter fishery yields. The researchers ...
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