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Title: Efforts to Reduce the Impacts of Hydroelectric Power Production on Reservoir Fisheries in the United States.

Abstract

Research into the environmental effects of hydroelectric power production in the United States has focused increasingly on resident and migratory fish populations. Hydropower dams and reservoirs can block fish movements in both upstream and downstream directions. These movements are essential for important stocks of anadromous and catadromous fish. In addition, some strictly freshwater fish may move long distances within a river during their life cycle.A dam can pose an impassable barrier for fish trying to move upstream unless mitigation measures in the form of ladders or lifts are provided. Fish moving downstream to the sea may become disoriented when they encounter static water within a reservoir. Both resident and migratory fish may be injured or killed by passing through the turbine or over the spillway. In the United States, a variety of organizations conduct applied research and development of measures to (1) enhance fish passage, (2) reduce the numbers of fish that are drawn into the turbine intakes, and (3) reduce the injury and mortality rates of fish that pass through the turbines. Examples of these efforts from a variety of river systems and hydroelectric power plants are described.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
655331
Report Number(s):
CONF-9708103-1
ON: DE98000130; BR: 647051501; TRN: 98:009447
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-96OR22464
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 3. international conference on reservoir limnology and water quality, Ceske Budejowice (Czech Republic), 11-15 Aug 1997; Other Information: DN: [540 559900]; PBD: 8 Sep 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
13 HYDRO ENERGY; USA; MOTION; POPULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FRESH WATER; TURBINES; INJURIES; FISHERIES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; WATER RESERVOIRS; DAMS

Citation Formats

Cada, G F. Efforts to Reduce the Impacts of Hydroelectric Power Production on Reservoir Fisheries in the United States.. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Cada, G F. Efforts to Reduce the Impacts of Hydroelectric Power Production on Reservoir Fisheries in the United States.. United States.
Cada, G F. 1997. "Efforts to Reduce the Impacts of Hydroelectric Power Production on Reservoir Fisheries in the United States.". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/655331.
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abstractNote = {Research into the environmental effects of hydroelectric power production in the United States has focused increasingly on resident and migratory fish populations. Hydropower dams and reservoirs can block fish movements in both upstream and downstream directions. These movements are essential for important stocks of anadromous and catadromous fish. In addition, some strictly freshwater fish may move long distances within a river during their life cycle.A dam can pose an impassable barrier for fish trying to move upstream unless mitigation measures in the form of ladders or lifts are provided. Fish moving downstream to the sea may become disoriented when they encounter static water within a reservoir. Both resident and migratory fish may be injured or killed by passing through the turbine or over the spillway. In the United States, a variety of organizations conduct applied research and development of measures to (1) enhance fish passage, (2) reduce the numbers of fish that are drawn into the turbine intakes, and (3) reduce the injury and mortality rates of fish that pass through the turbines. Examples of these efforts from a variety of river systems and hydroelectric power plants are described.},
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