Spatio-temporal variation of fish taxonomic composition in a South-East Asian flood-pulse system.

ABSTRACT: The Tonle Sap Lake (TSL) is a flood-pulse system. It is the largest natural lake in South-East Asia and constitutes one of the largest fisheries over the world, supporting the livelihood of million peoples. Nonetheless, the Mekong River Basin is changing rapidly due to accelerating water infrastructure development (hydropower, irrigation, flood control, and water supply) and climate change, bringing considerable modifications to the annual flood-pulse of the TSL. Such modifications are expected to have strong impacts on fish biodiversity and abundance. This paper aims to characterize the spatio-temporal variations of fish taxonomic composition and to highlights the underlying determinants of these variations. For this purpose, we used data collected from a community catch monitoring progra

SUBMITTER: Kong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5370120 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature