Much of our research centers on understanding the ecological dynamics around the Mekong’s flood-pulse hydrologic regime. Above is an animation that illustrates the dynamic hydrology of the river and Tonle Sap Lake as well as connections to natural resources such as fisheries. Credit: Gordon Holtgrieve, Mauricio Arias and the Center for Environmental Visualization.
Notable Publications
Arias, M.E., T.A. Cochrane, M. Kummu, J. Koponon, H. Lauri, G.W. Holtgrieve, and T. Piman. (2014). Impacts of hydropower and climate change on drivers of ecological productivity of Southeast Asia’s most important wetland. Ecological Modeling 272: 252-263. doi: 0.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.10.015
Holtgrieve, G.W., M.E. Arias, K.N. Irvine, D. Lamberts, E.J. Ward, M. Kummu, J. Koponen, J. Sarkkula, and J.E. Richey. (2013). Patterns of Ecosystem Metabolism in the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia with Links to Capture Fisheries. PLoS ONE 8(8): e71395. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071395
Ellis, E. E., R. G. Keil, A. E. Ingalls, J. E. Richey, and S. R. Alin. (2012). Seasonal Variability in the sources of particulate organic matter of the Mekong River as discerned by elemental and lignin analyses. J. Geophys. Res., 117, G01038. doi:10.1029/2011JG001816
Costa-Cabral, M. C., Richey, J. E., Goteti, G., Lettenmaier, D. P., Feldkötter, C. and Snidvongs, A. (2008), Landscape structure and use, climate, and water movement in the Mekong River basin. Hydrol. Process. 22: 1731–1746. doi: 10.1002/hyp.6740