Impacts of Dams and Global Warming on Fish Biodiversity in the Indo-Burma Hotspot.

ABSTRACT: Both hydropower dams and global warming pose threats to freshwater fish diversity. While the extent of global warming may be reduced by a shift towards energy generation by large dams in order to reduce fossil-fuel use, such dams profoundly modify riverine habitats. Furthermore, the threats posed by dams and global warming will interact: for example, dams constrain range adjustments by fishes that might compensate for warming temperatures. Evaluation of their combined or synergistic effects is thus essential for adequate assessment of the consequences of planned water-resource developments. We made projections of the responses of 363 fish species within the Indo-Burma global biodiversity hotspot to the separate and joint impacts of dams and global warming. The hotspot encompasses the Lower

SUBMITTER: Kano Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4988766 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature