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Title: Laboratory studies of the effects of pressure and dissolved gas supersaturation on turbine-passed fish

Abstract

Designing advanced turbine systems requires knowledge of environmental conditions that injure or kill fish such as the stresses associated with hydroelectric power production, including pressure changes fish experience during turbine passage and dissolved gas supersaturation (resulting from the release of water from the spillway). The objective of this study was to examine the relative importance of pressure changes as a source of turbine-passage injury and mortality. Specific tests were designed to quantify the response of fish to rapid pressure changes typical of turbine passage, with and without the complication of the fish being acclimated to gas supersaturated water. The study investigated the responses of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), and bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) to these two stresses, both singly and in combination.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
EERE Publication and Product Library, Washington, D.C. (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
OSTI Identifier:
1218152
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
injury; injure; fish; kill; stress; stresses; stressors; pressure; changes; passage; dissolved; gas; supersaturation; spillway; test(s); rainbow; trout; Chinook; salmon; bluegill; sunfish; bluegills

Citation Formats

Abernethy, C. S., Amidan, B. G., and Cada, G. F. Laboratory studies of the effects of pressure and dissolved gas supersaturation on turbine-passed fish. United States: N. p., 2001. Web. doi:10.2172/1218152.
Abernethy, C. S., Amidan, B. G., & Cada, G. F. Laboratory studies of the effects of pressure and dissolved gas supersaturation on turbine-passed fish. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1218152
Abernethy, C. S., Amidan, B. G., and Cada, G. F. 2001. "Laboratory studies of the effects of pressure and dissolved gas supersaturation on turbine-passed fish". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1218152. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1218152.
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title = {Laboratory studies of the effects of pressure and dissolved gas supersaturation on turbine-passed fish},
author = {Abernethy, C. S. and Amidan, B. G. and Cada, G. F.},
abstractNote = {Designing advanced turbine systems requires knowledge of environmental conditions that injure or kill fish such as the stresses associated with hydroelectric power production, including pressure changes fish experience during turbine passage and dissolved gas supersaturation (resulting from the release of water from the spillway). The objective of this study was to examine the relative importance of pressure changes as a source of turbine-passage injury and mortality. Specific tests were designed to quantify the response of fish to rapid pressure changes typical of turbine passage, with and without the complication of the fish being acclimated to gas supersaturated water. The study investigated the responses of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), and bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) to these two stresses, both singly and in combination.},
doi = {10.2172/1218152},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1218152}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2001},
month = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2001}
}