Impacts of flood control schemes on inland fisheries in Bangladesh: Guidelines for mitigation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 609, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-58

  Halls, A S ^a   Payne, A I ^b   Alam, S S ^c   Barman, S K ^c  

^a Aquae Sulis Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Marine Resources Assessment Group   (United Kingdom)

^c Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Depletion; Flood control; Migrations; Sluice gates; Tagging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMS; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; FISH; FISHERIES; HYDRAULIC GATES; IRRIGATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER LEVELS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; BANGLADESH; BUSINESS MEDIA; CONTROL SCHEMES; DRY SEASONS; EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS; FISH PRODUCTION; FISHERIES MONITORING; FLOOD PROTECTION; FLOOD-PLAINS; HIGH YIELDING; MONSOON SEASON; SLUICE GATES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRINGER (CO); WATER ABSTRACTION;

FLOOD CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DRAINAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; INLAND FISHERY; IRRIGATION; MITIGATION; PREDICTION; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 45749109763     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9402-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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