Evaluating the ecological influence of hydraulic projects: A review of aquatic habitat suitability models

Y Yi, X Cheng, Z Yang, S Wieprecht, S Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
In order to evaluate the ecological influence of hydraulic projects, aquatic habitat suitability
modeling was proposed. Compared with other environmental flow methods, this method, for …

[HTML][HTML] Digitalization and real-time control to mitigate environmental impacts along rivers: Focus on artificial barriers, hydropower systems and European priorities

E Quaranta, MD Bejarano, C Comoglio… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing multi-criteria decision-making methods for the assessment of flow release scenarios from small hydropower plants in the alpine area

E Vassoney, A Mammoliti Mochet… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Growing energy demand and targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are driving a
significant hydropower (HP) generation expansion in the Alpine area. However, despite its …

Characterising physical habitats and fluvial hydromorphology: A new system for the survey and classification of river geomorphic units

B Belletti, M Rinaldi, M Bussettini, F Comiti, AM Gurnell… - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Geomorphic units are the elementary spatial physical features of the river mosaic at the
reach scale that are nested within the overall hydromorphological structure of a river and its …

Potential impacts of climate change on flow regime and fish habitat in mountain rivers of the south-western Balkans

C Papadaki, K Soulis, R Muñoz-Mas… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
The climate change in the Mediterranean area is expected to have significant impacts on the
aquatic ecosystems and particular in the mountain rivers and streams that often host …

Hierarchical object-based mapping of riverscape units and in-stream mesohabitats using LiDAR and VHR imagery

L Demarchi, S Bizzi, H Piégay - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we present a new, semi-automated methodology for mapping
hydromorphological indicators of rivers at a regional scale using multisource remote sensing …

Random forests to evaluate biotic interactions in fish distribution models

P Vezza, R Muñoz-Mas, F Martinez-Capel… - … Modelling & Software, 2015 - Elsevier
Previous research indicated that high predictive performance in species distribution
modelling can be obtained by combining both biotic and abiotic habitat variables. However …

Use of multicriteria analysis (MCA) for sustainable hydropower planning and management

E Vassoney, AM Mochet, C Comoglio - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Multicriteria analysis (MCA) is a decision-making tool applied to a wide range of
environmental management problems, including renewable energy planning and …

Hydrological controls on river network connectivity

S Garbin, EA Celegon, P Fanton… - Royal Society open …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This study proposes a probabilistic approach for the quantitative assessment of reach-and
network-scale hydrological connectivity as dictated by river flow space–time variability …

Mesohabitat modelling in fish ecology: A global synthesis

B Wegscheider, T Linnansaari, RA Curry - Fish and Fisheries, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Modelling the linkage between physical habitat and aquatic organisms on multiple spatial
scales has become an important tool in the management of rivers. The mesoscale (100–102 …