Spatiotemporal changes in river network connectivity in the Nile River Basin due to hydropower dams

• Anthony Basooma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony Basooma, Florian Borgwardt

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anthony.basooma@boku.ac.at (AB), florian.borgwardt@boku.ac.at (FB)

  Capture Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation, National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Jinja, Uganda; Biodiversity Analytics and Ecohydrology, Asterlook International Limited, Jinja, Uganda

  Affiliation BOKU University, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8994-9989

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• Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BOKU University, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8839-5913

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• Rose Basooma,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations BOKU University, Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, Vienna, Austria, Department of Natural Resources Economics, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Namasagali Campus, Busitema University, Namasagali, Uganda

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• Herbert Nakiyende,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Capture Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation, National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Jinja, Uganda

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8356-6904

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• Johannes Kowal,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations BOKU University, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Department Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria

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• Andrea Funk,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations BOKU University, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Department Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria

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• Thomas Hein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations BOKU University, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Department Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-4607

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• Florian Borgwardt

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony Basooma, Florian Borgwardt

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anthony.basooma@boku.ac.at (AB), florian.borgwardt@boku.ac.at (FB)

  Affiliations BOKU University, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Department Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Vienna, Austria

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