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Are fishers captive labourers in reservoir fisheries? Examining governance models and economics in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, India

Khemraj Bunkar, Ananthan Pachampalayam Shanmugam, Neha Wajahat Qureshi, Sundaramoorthy Chandrasekaran, Laxmi Lal Sharma, 
  •  8 April 2024
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Fish diversity indices of Hail Haor, a subtropical wetland in the north‐east region of Bangladesh: Diversity influencing factors and recommendations

Md. Mehedi Hasan Pramanik, Md. Monjurul Hasan, Md. Mozzammel Hoque, Md. Moniruzzaman, Rumana Yasmin, Ehsanul Karim, Md. Amirul Islam, Md. Anisur Rahman, Yahia Mahmud, 
  •  26 March 2024
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Characterizing anthropogenic litter pollutants in African freshwater ecosystems: A case study of Dunga Beach in Lake Victoria, Kenya

Erick O. Ogello, Mwaruwa M. Mbodze, Nicholas O. Outa, Migeni Z. Ajode, Wycliffe Ojwando, 
  •  18 March 2024
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Assessment of the status of selected heavy metals in water, sediments and a fish species (Oreochromis niloticus) of commercial value in Lake Nakuru with a focus on human health risks

Mary Florence Nantongo, Joseph Edebe, Elick O. Otachi, Julius Kipkemboi, 
  •  13 March 2024
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A framework for analysing water security of Tonle Sap Lake in the Mekong River basin: Flow, volume, inundation, productivity and livelihoods

Mak Sithirith, 
  •  29 February 2024
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The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

The past, present, and future Aral Sea

Philip Micklin, 
  •  193-213
  •  16 September 2010

Salinisation: A major threat to water resources in the arid and semi‐arid regions of the world

W. D. Williams, 
  •  85-91
  •  28 February 2002

Tonle Sap Lake: Current status and important research directions for environmental management

Sovannara Uk, Chihiro Yoshimura, Sokly Siev, Sophal Try, Heejun Yang, Chantha Oeurng, Shangshang Li, Seingheng Hul, 
  •  177-189
  •  25 June 2018

Role of bottom sediments in the secondary pollution of aquatic environments by heavy‐metal compounds

Peter M. Linnik, Irina B. Zubenko, 
  •  11-21
  •  5 January 2002

Impacts of land‐use/cover changes on the hydrology of the transboundary Mara River, Kenya/Tanzania

Bancy M. Mati, Simon Mutie, Hussein Gadain, Patrick Home, Felix Mtalo, 
  •  169-177
  •  4 May 2008
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