New paper: Functional responses of fisheries to hydropower dams in the Amazonian Floodplain of the Madeira River

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New paper: Functional responses of fisheries to hydropower dams in the Amazonian Floodplain of the Madeira River

This new paper finds that dams affect the functional composition of fisheries yields and reduce catches, negatively impacting fishing-based income of communities in the Amazon.

Authors: Caroline C. Arantes, Juliana Laufer, Mac David da Silva Pinto, Emilio F. Moran, Maria Claudia Lopez, Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli, Danielle Mendonça Pinto, Suyog Chaudhari, Yadu Pokhrel, and Carolina R. C. Doria

Read more at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14082