Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams

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作者
Anderson, Elizabeth P. [1 ,2 ]
Jenkins, Clinton N. [3 ,4 ,5 ]
Heilpern, Sebastian [6 ]
Maldonado-Ocampo, Javier A. [7 ]
Carvajal-Vallejos, Fernando M. [8 ,9 ]
Encalada, Andrea C. [10 ,11 ]
Francisco Rivadeneira, Juan [12 ]
Hidalgo, Max [13 ]
Canas, Carlos M. [14 ]
Ortega, Hernan [13 ]
Salcedo, Norma [13 ,15 ]
Maldonado, Mabel [16 ]
Tedesco, Pablo A. [17 ]
机构
[1] Florida Int Univ, Dept Earth & Environm, Miami, FL 33199 USA
[2] Florida Int Univ, Inst Water & Environm, Miami, FL 33199 USA
[3] IPE, Nazare Paulista, BR-12960 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[4] SavingSpecies Inc, Holly Springs, NC 27540 USA
[5] Duke Univ, Nicholas Sch Environm, Durham, NC 27708 USA
[6] Columbia Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Environm Biol, New York, NY 10027 USA
[7] Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Unidad Ecol & Sistemat UNESIS, Lab Ictiol, Dept Biol,Fac Ciencias, Bogota, Colombia
[8] FAUNAGUA, Cochabamba, Bolivia
[9] ECOSINTEGRALES SRL, Cochabamba, Bolivia
[10] Univ San Francisco Quito, Inst BIOSFERA, Lab Ecol Acuat, Quito, Ecuador
[11] Univ Coimbra, Dept Life Sci, IMAR MARE, P-3001456 Coimbra, Portugal
[12] Univ Cent Ecuador, Fac Ciencias Biol, Carrera Biol, Quito, Ecuador
[13] Univ Nacl Mayor San Marcos, Dept Ictiol, Museo Hist Nat, Lima, Peru
[14] Wildlife Conservat Soc, Ave Roosevelt 6360, Lima, Peru
[15] Francis Marion Univ, Dept Biol, Florence, SC 29506 USA
[16] Univ Mayor San Simon, Unidad Limnol & Recursos Acuat, Cochabamba, Bolivia
[17] Univ Paul Sabatier, Lab Evolut & Diversite Biol, EDB UMR5174, CNRS,IRD,UPS,ENSFEA, F-31062 Toulouse, France
来源
SCIENCE ADVANCES | 2018年 / 4卷 / 01期
关键词
MEKONG RIVER-BASIN; FLOW REGULATION; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; FISH BIODIVERSITY; CATFISH; LARVAE; PERU; PIMELODIDAE; DIVERSITY; NETWORKS;
D O I
10.1126/sciadv.aao1642
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
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 eightmajor systems-the Napo, Maranon, Ucayali, Beni, and Mamore. 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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