A fish-eye view of riverine hydropower systems: the current understanding of the biological response to turbine passage

BM Pracheil, CR DeRolph, MP Schramm… - Reviews in fish biology …, 2016 - Springer
One-way connectivity maintained by fish passing through hydropower turbines in
fragmented rivers can be important to population dynamics, but can also introduce a new …

[PDF][PDF] Experimental comparison of fish mortality and injuries at innovative and conventional small hydropower plants

M Mueller, J Knott, J Pander, J Geist - J. Appl. Ecol, 2022 - innsieme.org
Resolving the controversy about hydropower is only possible based on reliable data on its
ecological effects, particularly fish welfare. 2. Herein, we propose a comprehensive …

Impoundments, barriers and abstractions: impact on fishes and fisheries, mitigation and future directions

PS Kemp - Freshwater fisheries ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, rivers directly support a large proportion of the human population and provide
ecosystem services essential for quality of life, including the provision of protein through …

Understanding barotrauma in fish passing hydro structures: a global strategy for sustainable development of water resources

RS Brown, AH Colotelo, BD Pflugrath, CA Boys… - Fisheries, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Freshwater fishes are one of the most imperiled groups of vertebrates, and population
declines are alarming in terms of biodiversity and to communities that rely on fisheries for …

Damming Amazon Rivers: Environmental impacts of hydroelectric dams on Brazil's Madeira River according to local fishers' perception

RE Santos, RM Pinto-Coelho, MA Drumond… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
This study aimed to investigate the environmental impacts generated by the hydroelectric
complex in the Madeira River, Brazilian Amazon, based on the perceptions of local fishers …

The status of environmentally enhanced hydropower turbines

TW Hogan, GF Cada, SV Amaral - Fisheries, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Environmentally enhanced hydroelectric turbines have been developed to reduce injury and
mortality of downstream-migrating fishes and to improve downstream water quality …

Assessing hydraulic conditions through Francis turbines using an autonomous sensor device

T Fu, ZD Deng, JP Duncan, D Zhou, TJ Carlson… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Fish can be injured or killed during turbine passage. This paper reports the first in-situ
evaluation of hydraulic conditions that fish experienced during passage through Francis …

Evaluation of external fish injury caused by hydropower plants based on a novel field‐based protocol

M Mueller, J Pander, J Geist - Fisheries Management and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge on the extent and mechanisms of fish damage caused by hydropower
facilities is important for their ecological improvement. Herein, a novel field‐based fish injury …

Catch welfare in commercial fisheries

M Breen, N Anders, OB Humborstad, J Nilsson… - The welfare of fish, 2020 - Springer
The introduction of catch welfare to commercial wild-capture fisheries will be challenging. In
this chapter, we discuss how taking a science-based approach to understanding catch …

Predicting near-term, out-of-sample fish passage, guidance, and movement across diverse river environments by cognitively relating momentary behavioral decisions …

RA Goodwin, YG Lai, DE Taflin, DL Smith… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Predicting the behavior of individuals acting under their own motivation is a challenge
shared across multiple scientific fields, from economic to ecological systems. In rivers, fish …