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The Influence of Hydropower Dams on River Connectivity in the Andes Amazon (6 of 9)

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The Influence of Hydropower Dams on River Connectivity in the Andes Amazon (6 of 9)

image: Of the many potential ecosystem services that could be affected by dams, water quality takes a central role, here illustrated by people bathing at sundown in a community along the lower Ucayali River in Loreto, Peru. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 31 January 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by E.P. Anderson at Florida International University in Miami, FL, and colleagues was titled, "Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams." view more 

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