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SUBMITTER: Eslami S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6904557 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eslami Sepehr S Hoekstra Piet P Nguyen Trung Nam N Ahmed Kantoush Sameh S Van Binh Doan D Duc Dung Do D Tran Quang Tho T van der Vegt Maarten M
Scientific reports 20191210 1
Natural resources of the Mekong River are essential to livelihood of tens of millions of people. Previous studies highlighted that upstream hydro-infrastructure developments impact flow regime, sediment and nutrient transport, bed and bank stability, fish productivity, biodiversity and biology of the basin. Here, we show that tidal amplification and saline water intrusion in the Mekong Delta develop with alarming paces. While offshore M<sub>2</sub> tidal amplitude increases by 1.2-2 mm yr<sup>-1 ...[more]