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Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams.
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- Over 200,000 kilometers of free-flowing river habitat in Europe is altered due to impoundments.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Fish biodiversity declines with dam development in the Lower Mekong Basin.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Mill dams impact microbiome structure and depth distribution in riparian sediments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Andes-to-Amazon river connectivity controls numerous natural and human systems in the greater Amazon. However, it is being rapidly altered by a wave of new hydropower development, the impacts of which have been previously underestimated. We document 142 dams existing or under construction and 160 proposed dams for rivers draining the Andean headwaters of the Amazon. Existing dams have fragmented the tributary networks of six of eight major Andean Amazon river basins. Proposed dams could result in significant losses in river connectivity in river mainstems of five of eight major systems-the Napo, Marañón, Ucayali, Beni, and Mamoré. With a newly reported 671 freshwater fish species inhabiting the Andean headwaters of the Amazon (>500 m), dams threaten previously unrecognized biodiversity, particularly among endemic and migratory species. Because Andean rivers contribute most of the sediment in the mainstem Amazon, losses in river connectivity translate to drastic alteration of river channel and floodplain geomorphology and associated ecosystem services.
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