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Hydropower development and fish management: a food–water–energy nexus requiring international and multidisciplinary approach

Luiz G. M. Silva A B E , Lee J. Baumgartner B , Z. Daniel Deng C and Hans-Petter Fjeldstad D
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A Graduate Program in Ecology (PGE) – Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Rodovia MG 443, quilômetro 7, 36420-000, Ouro Branco, MG, Brazil.

B Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 789, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia.

C Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy and Environment Directorate, Richland, WA 99352, USA.

D SINTEF Energy Research, Sem Sælands vei 11, NO-7034 Trondheim, Norway.

E Corresponding author, Email: luictio@gmail.com

Marine and Freshwater Research 69(12) i-iii https://doi.org/10.1071/MFv69n12_ED
Published: 29 November 2018


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