Hydropower dams of the Mekong River basin: A review of their hydrological impacts

JS Hecht, G Lacombe, ME Arias, TD Dang, T Piman - Journal of hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydropower production is altering the Mekong River basin's riverine ecosystems, which
contain the world's largest inland fishery and provide food security and livelihoods to …

A review of SWAT studies in Southeast Asia: applications, challenges and future directions

ML Tan, PW Gassman, R Srinivasan, JG Arnold… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model is recognized as one of the top
hydrological models applied for addressing hydrologic and environmental issues. This is the …

[HTML][HTML] Threats of global warming to the world's freshwater fishes

V Barbarossa, J Bosmans, N Wanders, H King… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change poses a significant threat to global biodiversity, but freshwater fishes have
been largely ignored in climate change assessments. Here, we assess threats of future flow …

Sustainable hydropower in the 21st century

EF Moran, MC Lopez, N Moore… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Hydropower has been the leading source of renewable energy across the world, accounting
for up to 71% of this supply as of 2016. This capacity was built up in North America and …

Tidal amplification and salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta driven by anthropogenic sediment starvation

S Eslami, P Hoekstra, N Nguyen Trung… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Natural resources of the Mekong River are essential to livelihood of tens of millions of
people. Previous studies highlighted that upstream hydro-infrastructure developments …

Projections of salt intrusion in a mega-delta under climatic and anthropogenic stressors

S Eslami, P Hoekstra, PSJ Minderhoud… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Rising temperatures, rapid urbanization and soaring demand for natural resources threaten
deltas worldwide and make them vulnerable to rising seas, subsidence, droughts, floods …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term alterations of flow regimes of the Mekong River and adaptation strategies for the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

D Van Binh, SA Kantoush, M Saber, NP Mai… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region The Mekong basin, where climate change and anthropogenic
interventions (eg, dams, sand mining, and sluice gates) have intensified in the recent …

Impacts of mainstream hydropower dams on fisheries and agriculture in lower Mekong Basin

Y Yoshida, HS Lee, BH Trung, HD Tran, MK Lall… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The riverine ecosystems of the Mekong River Basin possess the world's most productive
inland fishery and provide highly productive food crops for millions of people annually. The …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding Land use/Land cover dynamics and impacts of human activities in the Mekong Delta over the last 40 years

X Li, D Chen, Y Duan, H Ji, L Zhang, Q Chai… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mekong Delta is the third largest delta in the world, and a globally recognized
agricultural production zone and biodiversity hotspot. In recent decades, land use and land …

Impacts of climate change and human activities on the flow regime of the dammed Lancang River in Southwest China

Z Han, D Long, Y Fang, A Hou, Y Hong - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lancang River (LR) in China (the upper portion of the Mekong River which is
among the world's most important transboundary rivers) originates on the Tibetan Plateau …