Ecological impacts of run-of-river hydropower plants—Current status and future prospects on the brink of energy transition

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The general perception of small run-of-river hydropower plants as renewable energy
sources with little or no environmental impacts has led to a global proliferation of this …

[HTML][HTML] The interactive effect of river bank morphology and daytime on downstream displacement and stranding of cyprinid larvae in hydropeaking conditions

DS Hayes, S Auer, E Fauchery, D Graf, T Hasler… - Ecohydrology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Downstream displacement and stranding of fish are key impacts in hydropeaked rivers,
adversely affecting the organisms and, subsequently, the population. While these …

The environmental impact of hydropower: a systematic review of the ecological effects of sub-daily flow variability on riverine fish

BB Bozeman, BM Pracheil, PG Matson - Reviews in Fish Biology and …, 2024 - Springer
Hydropower can help facilitate power grid decarbonization because it can respond to short-
term changes in power demand and is comparatively more reliable than intermittent wind …

Fine-scale movement response of juvenile brown trout to hydropeaking

R Naudascher, RM Boes, V Fernandez… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Juvenile fish are known to be the most impacted during hydropeaking events due to
stranding or uncontrolled drift resulting from changes to water depth and flow velocity. To …

Freshwater habitat invaders: Impacts on artificial flow refuge use by native fish under pulsed flows

MJ Costa, R Leite, A Merianne, JM Santos… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flow regulation and the spread of invasive species are significant threats to freshwater
biodiversity, including native fish communities in rivers across the globe. The bleak …

Hydropeaking by small hydropower facilities affects flow regimes on tributaries to the Pantanal Wetland of Brazil

JSMC Figueiredo, I Fantin-Cruz, GMS Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hydroelectric facilities often release water at variable rates over the day to match electricity
demand, resulting in short-term variability in downstream discharge and water levels. This …

Can vegetation provide shelter to cyprinid species under hydropeaking?

A Baladrón, MJ Costa, MD Bejarano, A Pinheiro… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel study that focuses on the capacity of vegetation to provide shelter for fish species
under hydropeaking regimes is presented. Two artificial patches mimicking the structure and …

Artificial lateral line for aquatic habitat modelling: An example for Lefua echigonia

A García-Vega, JF Fuentes-Perez, S Fukuda… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The lateral line system allows fish to sense the surrounding hydrodynamics via changes in
the pressure, acceleration and velocity fields, providing additional information about …

The role of water management and river morphology on stranding pool formation

R Benjankar, D Vidergar, D Tonina, Q Chen - Ecological Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Fish can be stranded in pools during flow recessions that may occur naturally or as a result
of dam operations. Past studies have recommended dam operation guidelines that only …

Impact of flow regulation for hydroelectric production in the movement patterns, growth and condition of a potamodromous fish species

IC Oliveira, CM Alexandre, BR Quintella… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Regulation for hydroelectric production (ie, hydropeaking) can impact aquatic species life
cycle. During 2016–2017, radiotelemetry was used to track 22 Iberian barbels during a 1 …