Environmental hydraulics research for river health: recent advances and challenges

PM Rowiński, T Okruszko, A Radecki-Pawlik - Ecohydrology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental hydraulics, a neighboring research field to ecohydrology, is an intermediate
area between hydrodynamics and ecology/biology. The main research topic of this …

Schizothorax prenanti swimming behavior in response to different flow patterns in vertical slot fishways with different slot positions

G Li, S Sun, H Liu, T Zheng - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Fish swimming behavior is a critical parameter for the design of vertical slot fishways.
Although Schizothorax prenanti is a significant reproductive potamodromous migratory fish …

Barrier removal and dynamics of intermittent stream habitat regulate persistence and structure of fish community

K Kukuła, A Bylak - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Barrier effects observed in the presence of weirs are exacerbated by low water levels. We
conducted a 10-year study to assess the ecological effects of stream restoration while …

[HTML][HTML] Survey on performance of vertical slot and nature-like fishways at Angu hydropower station, Southwest China

J Sun, J Shi, Q Zhang, X Shi, J Tan - Water Science and Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
To restore dam-blocked natural fish migratory passages, a growing number of artificial
fishways have been built in water conservancy and hydropower projects in China. The Angu …

Evaluation of the performance of successive multispecies improved fishways to reconnect a rehabilitated river

M Ovidio, D Sonny, Q Watthez, D Goffaux… - Wetlands Ecology and …, 2020 - Springer
The equip** of barriers with fishways has useful applications for testing hypotheses of fish
migration and connectivity in river networks, but multiple passage performance for …

Assessment of the viable effects of structural reconstruction of habitats in a mountain stream: A long-term study

A Bylak, J Szmuc, K Kukuła - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The Carpathians are biodiversity hotspots in Europe. However, transformations resulting
from human activity have affected stream catchments where forest management is carried …

Flow, force, behaviour: assessment of a prototype hydraulic barrier for invasive fish

J Wiegleb, PE Hirsch, F Seidel, G Rauter… - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
Migration barriers being selective for invasive species could protect pristine upstream areas.
We designed and tested a prototype protective barrier in a vertical slot fish pass. Based on …

Effects of interlocked carpet ramps on upstream movement of brown trout Salmo trutta in an upland stream

K Plesinski, CN Gibbins… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper assesses the extent to which Interlocked Carpet Block Ramps (ICBRs) impede
the upstream movement of brown trout Salmon trutta (L. 1758). It presents model simulations …

Experimental Investigation of Physical Leaky Barrier Design Implications on Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Movement

S Müller, CAME Wilson, P Ouro… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers have been subject to the construction of numerous small‐scale anthropogenic
structures, causing the alteration and fragmentation of habitats. Despite their impact on fish …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term trajectory of the macroinvertebrate community in the downstream channel of a hydropower dam after the operation of a sediment bypass tunnel

S Kobayashi, Y Otsubo, T Sumi, Y Takemon - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
A sediment bypass tunnel (SBT) is a dam facility used to mitigate reservoir sedimentation
and is expected to contribute to river ecosystem restoration by delivering sediment to the …