Density‐dependent effects on salmonid populations: A review

GD Grossman, TN Simon - Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We reviewed 199 published data sets (21 species) to assess the relative frequency of
various density‐dependent processes in salmonids. We examined studies for the presence …

The NorWeST summer stream temperature model and scenarios for the western US: A crowd‐sourced database and new geospatial tools foster a user community …

DJ Isaak, SJ Wenger, EE Peterson… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal regimes are fundamental determinants of aquatic ecosystems, which makes
description and prediction of temperatures critical during a period of rapid global change …

Flow management for hydropower extirpates aquatic insects, undermining river food webs

TA Kennedy, JD Muehlbauer, CB Yackulic… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Dams impound the majority of rivers and provide important societal benefits, especially daily
water releases that enable on-peak hydroelectricity generation. Such “hydropeaking” is …

Characterizing effects of hydropower plants on sub-daily flow regimes

MD Bejarano, Á Sordo-Ward, C Alonso, C Nilsson - Journal of hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
A characterization of short-term changes in river flow is essential for understanding the
ecological effects of hydropower plants, which operate by turning the turbines on or off to …

Effects of sample size, data quality, and species response in environmental space on modeling species distributions

L Wang, DA Jackson - Landscape Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Context There have been many studies using species distribution models (SDMs) to predict
shifts in species distributions due to environmental changes, but few consider effects of data …

Detrimental effects of a novel flow regime on the functional trajectory of an aquatic invertebrate metacommunity

A Ruhi, X Dong, CH McDaniel, DP Batzer… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Novel flow regimes resulting from dam operations and overallocation of freshwater
resources are an emerging consequence of global change. Yet, anticipating how freshwater …

Experimental reductions in subdaily flow fluctuations increased gross primary productivity for 425 river kilometers downstream

BR Deemer, CB Yackulic, RO Hall Jr, MJ Dodrill… - PNAS …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aquatic primary production is the foundation of many river food webs. Dams change the
physical template of rivers, often driving food webs toward greater reliance on aquatic …

Remarkable response of native fishes to invasive trout suppression varies with trout density, temperature, and annual hydrology

BD Healy, RC Schelly, CB Yackulic… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Recovery of imperiled fishes can be achieved through suppression of invasives, but
outcomes may vary with environmental conditions. We studied the response of imperiled …

A new solution to mitigate hydropeaking? Batteries versus re-regulation reservoirs

Y Anindito, J Haas, M Olivares, W Nowak… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydropower plants frequently operate at high output during peak hours and at low output (or
even shutoff) during off-peak hours. This scheme, called “hydropeaking”, is harmful to …

[HTML][HTML] A novel index-based method associated with aquatic ecosystem for evaluating river longitudinal connectivity: A case study for cascade dams in the Yalong …

Z Yang, J Bu, Z Li, C Li, Y Yi, X Wang, Q Liu - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Dams as crucial metrics for characterizing aquatic species diversity and river ecosystem
have significant effects on river longitudinal connectivity (RLC). Specially, the reduction of …