Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

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  2016

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  Science

• Publication date

  2016-01-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Business, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/science.aac7082PMID 26744397
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