Impacts of dams on monthly flow characteristics. The influence of watershed size and seasons

F Lajoie, AA Assani, AG Roy, M Mesfioui - Journal of hydrology, 2007 - Elsevier
We have compared the monthly flow characteristics between natural rivers (76 stations) and
reservoir-regulated rivers (25 stations) based on watershed size, using regression analysis …

Comparison of impacts of dams on the annual maximum flow characteristics in three regulated hydrologic regimes in Québec (Canada)

AA Assani, E Stichelbout, AG Roy… - … An International Journal, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the presence of numerous dams in Québec, no study has yet been devoted to their
impacts on flood levels. To compensate for this deficiency, we have compared the impacts of …

combined impacts of climate change and water withdrawals on the water balance at the watershed scale—The case of the Allier alluvial Hydrosystem (France)

J Labbe, H Celle, JL Devidal, J Albaric, G Mailhot - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Allier River and its alluvial aquifer constitute a shallow but highly productive water
resource due to their hydrodynamic properties. This hydrosystem provides almost all of the …

Effects of the change from forest to agriculture land use on the spatial variability of summer extreme daily flow characteristics in southern Quebec (Canada)

M Muma, AA Assani, R Landry, JF Quessy… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Studies looking at the effects of forest land cover on streamflow in Quebec have shown that
a decrease in forest cover in a watershed leads to an increase in minimum flows. However …

Reservoirs effects on the interannual variability of winter and spring streamflow in the St-Maurice River Watershed (Quebec, Canada)

AA Assani, R Landry, J Daigle, A Chalifour - Water resources management, 2011 - Springer
The aim of this study was to test three main hypotheses about the interannual variability of
streamflow downstream from dams:(1) an almost similar long-term trend in interannual …

Comparison of the interannual and interdecadal variability of heavy flood characteristics upstream and downstream from dams in inversed hydrologic regime: Case …

C Fortier, AA Assani, M Mesfioui… - River Research and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Erected in 1930, the Matawin Dam caused an inversion of the hydrologic regime of
the Matawin River: snow‐melt water in spring (April to June) is stored in the reservoir and …

Statistical analysis of the evolution of a semialluvial stream channel upstream from an inversion-type reservoir: The case of the Matawin River (Quebec, Canada)

M Alibert, AA Assani, D Gratton, D Leroux… - Geomorphology, 2011 - Elsevier
Built in 1930 on the Matawin River (5770 km²) to supply hydroelectric plants located
downstream on the Saint-Maurice River, the Taureau Reservoir caused an inversion of the …

An example of application: The ecological “natural flow regime” paradigm in hydroclimatology

AA Assani, JF Quessy, M Mesfioui, M Matteau - Advances in water …, 2010 - Elsevier
According to the concept of “natural flow regime,” introduced and developed in the 1990's in
aquatic ecology, streamflow can be described using five basic characteristics: magnitude …

Impacts des barrages sur les caractéristiques des débits moyens annuels en fonction du mode de gestion et de la taille des bassins versants au Québec

AA Assani, F Lajoie, C Laliberté - Revue des sciences de l'eau, 2007 - erudit.org
Résumé Nous avons comparé les impacts des barrages sur les caractéristiques (volume
d'écoulement-fréquence, variabilité interannuelle et forme de courbe de distribution) des …

Application of redundancy analysis to hydroclimatology: A case study of spring heavy floods in southern Québec (Canada)

R Mazouz, AA Assani, MA Rodríguez - Journal of Hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
Redundancy analysis (RDA) and Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) were used to
examine the complex links between the five characteristics of flow (magnitude, duration …