Download or read book Review of Tropical Reservoirs and Their Fisheries written by P. A. van Zwieten and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2011 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A considerable quantity of data and information were collected on many aspects of the systems of the three reservoirs, including hydrological, biophysical and limnological features, primary production, and fish and fisheries data. This information was condensed and synthesized with the aim of providing a baseline against which the ecological changes that have taken place since impoundment can be described and analysed. Efforts are made to explain changes in fish catch in relation to climatic variations, ecological succession and fishing effort. The review shows that biological data and information are generally available. However, as is also common elsewhere, all three cases suffer from the general tendency to isolate and compartmentalize research into separate disciplines.