Hydropower is a rapidly develo** and globally important source of renewable electricity.
Globally, over 60% of rivers longer than 500 km are already fragmented and thousands of …

Hydropower is commonly considered a renewable energy source. Nevertheless, this does
not imply an absence of impacts on the riverine ecosystem, the extent of which is expected …

Hydropower globally represents the main source of renewable energy, and provides several
benefits, eg, water storage and flexibility; on the other hand, it may cause significant impacts …

Stream temperature and discharge are key hydrological variables for ecosystem and water
resource management and are particularly sensitive to climate warming. Despite the wealth …

Intermittent water releases from hydropower plants, called hydropeaking, negatively affect
river biota. The impacts mainly depend on hydrological alterations, but changes in physical …

Water temperature is a critical indicator and weathervane of aquatic ecosystems. However,
the vast majority of rivers lack long-term continuous and complete water temperature …

Most lotic ecosystems have been heavily modified in recent centuries to serve human
needs, for example, by building dams to form reservoirs. However, reservoirs have major …

Storage hydropower plants, which are an important component of energy production in
Switzerland, can lead to hydro‐and thermopeaking, affecting river habitats and organisms …

Hydropeaking refers to the mode of hydropower dam operation where sub-daily changes in
flow are used to vary the generation of electricity in accordance with demand. A typical …

Among various stream temperature models those based on nonlinear regression frequently
attract attention due to their simplicity and small number of required variables. Among such …