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Background  The Pak-Mun dam is a controversial hydro-power project on the Mun River in Northeast Thailand. The dam is sited in a habitat of the freshwater snail  Neotricula aperta , which is the intermediate host for the parasitic blood-fluke  Schistosoma mekongi  causing Mekong schistosomiasis in humans in Cambodia and Laos. Few data are available which can be used to assess the effects of water resource development on  N. aperta . The aim of this study was to obtain data and to analyze the possible impact of the dam on  N. aperta  population growth.    Methodology/Principal Findings  Estimated population densities were recorded for an  N. aperta  population in the Mun River 27 km upstream of Pak-Mun, from 1990 to 2011. The Pak-Mul dam began to operate in 1994. Population growth was modeled using a linear mixed model expression of a modified Gompertz stochastic state-space exponential growth model. The  N. aperta  population was found to be quite stable, with the estimated growth parameter not significantly different from zero. Nevertheless, some marked changes in snail population density were observed which were coincident with changes in dam operation policy.    Conclusions/Significance  The study found that there has been no marked increase in  N. aperta  population growth following operation of the Pak-Mun dam. The analysis did indicate a large and statistically significant increase in population density immediately after the dam came into operation; however, this increase was not persistent. The study has provided the first vital baseline data on  N. aperta  population behavior near to the Pak-Mun dam and suggests that the operation policy of the dam may have an impact on snail population density. Nevertheless, additional studies are required for other  N. aperta  populations in the Mun River and for an extended time series, to confirm or refine the findings of this work.

A Population Growth Trend Analysis for Neotricula aperta, the Snail Intermediate Host of Schistosoma mekongi, after Construction of the Pak-Mun Dam