Browsing Miscellaneous themes by Author "Baran, E."
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A digital approach to surveys in developing countries
(2014)Type: Book ChapterIn this paper, the authors present a methodology developed for gathering socioeconomic and environmental survey data in the field. The system is divided into two interfaces: i) an Android tablet with survey software for ... -
A review of quantified relationships between mangroves and coastal resources
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper focuses on relationships between mangroves and coastal resources (fish and shrimps). A review of the literature highlights the lack of quantified relationships in this field. This leads to a definition of ... -
Adaptive participator integrated assessment and agro-ecosystem analysis to support decision-making on water allocation for fisheries and agriculture in the Tonle Sap wetland system: fisheries component: Integrating fish resources to agro-ecosystem analyses
(2008)Type: ReportThis project proposes to improve fisheries considerations in the CAEA (Commune Agro-Ecosystem Analysis) process used at the commune level. It is based on the adaptive participatory and integrated assessment methodology ... -
Approaches and tools for sustainable management of fish resources in the Mekong River Basin
(2003)Type: Book ChapterThis paper details the approaches and tools developed at ICLARM to contribute to the sustainable management of fish as a food resource in the Mekong River Basin. Multiple partnerships have been established in order to ... -
Aquatic resources and environmental variability in Bac Lieu Province (Southern Vietnam)
(2010)Type: Book ChapterThe dynamics of aquatic resources in the canals of Sac Lieu Province, in southern Vietnam, are detailed and synthesized in this study. Nekton and eight environmental parameters were monitored in this province between 2004 ... -
Biodiversity of estuarine fish faunas in West Africa
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleIn West Africa (between Ivory Coast and Sénégal), estuarine environments vary from lagoons to high discharge rivers to inverse hypersaline estuaries. This results in a high diversity of estuarine fish species, with an ... -
Developing a consultative Bayesian model for integrated management of aquatic resources: an inland coastal zone case study.
(2006)Type: Book ChapterThis article presents the methodological aspects of the development of a decision support system (DSS) based on Bayesian networks and aiming at assisting in the management of water-dependent resources (rice, fish, shrimp ... -
Ecological and modelling approach to flood-fish relationships in the Mekong River Basin
(2001)Type: Conference ProceedingsIn tropical floodplain systems and rivers, how to address the relationships between environmental modification due to development (dams construction, extracting water, etc...) and natural fish production? Environmental ... -
Fish biodiversity research in the Mekong Basin
(2012)Type: Book ChapterThe Mekong River is one of the great rivers of the world and is characterized by high fish biodiversity. A number of organizations are working at observing and protecting aquatic biodiversity in this hotspot of global ... -
Fish migration, dams, and loss of ecosystem services in the Mekong Basin
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe past decade has seen increased international recognition of the importance of the services provided by natural ecosystems. It is unclear however whether such international awareness will lead to improved environmental ... -
Fish resource and hydrobiological modelling approaches in the Mekong Basin
(2001)Type: ReportThis document summarises the outputs of a modelling approach of the relationships between hydrology and fisheries production in the Mekong River Basin. Environment (floodplains, wetlands and their vegetation) has also been ... -
Freshwater resources conservation: an action-oriented overview
(2003)Type: Book ChapterBiodiversity in rivers and wetlands is very seriously at risk as evident from the fact that 63% of freshwater fish species in South Africa, 42% of those in Europe and 27% of those in North America have become extinct, ... -
How much of the Mekong fish catch is at risk from mainstream dam development?
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleIn the absence of reliable data on the species composition of the catch in the Lower Mekong Basin, the authors look at three approaches to estimate the size of the region’s migratory fish resources.The article, based on ... -
Hydro-biological models for water management in the Mekong River
(2000)Type: Conference ProceedingsAmong users of the water resource are fishes and fishermen. Given the importance of fisheries in the Lower Mekong River Basin, water management schemes must take the fish resource into consideration. Therefore hydrological ... -
Influence of built structures on Tonle Sap fisheries : synthesis report
(2007)Type: ReportThis document is a synthesis of the major findings and recommendation of a study on the influence of built structures on the fisheries of the Tonle Sap Lake. The multidisciplinary study analysed the influence and impact ... -
Integrated management of aquatic resources: a Bayesian Approach to water control and trade-offs in Southern Vietnam
(2010)Type: Book ChapterThe BayFish-Bac Lieu model presented in this chapter is a Bayesian model that aims to identify optimal water control regimes and trade-offs between water uses in order to improve management of water-dependent resources in ... -
Simple data analysis for biologists
(2008)Type: BookThis document provides a simple introduction to research methods and analysis tools for biologists or environmental scientists, with particular emphasis on fish biology in devleoping countries. -
Stakeholder consultation for Baysian Decision Support systems in environmental management
(2004)Type: Conference ProceedingsEnvironmental management is a field where the number of variables, their interactions and feed-back loops require tools to integrate information, build scenarios and support decision-making. Among the various kinds of ... -
The importance of the fish resource in the Mekong River and examples of best practices
(2012)Type: Book ChapterThe Mekong is an exceptional river in many ways. In terms of fish biodiversity, it is the world’s second richest river after the Amazon (www.fishbase. org). With 6 to 18% of the global freshwater fish catch, it is also ... -
Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThe Mekong River Basin, site of the biggest inland fishery in the world, is undergoing massive hydropower development. Planned dams will block critical fish migration routes between the river's downstream floodplains and ...
