Measures to safeguard and restore river connectivity

M Thieme, K Birnie-Gauvin, JJ Opperman… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Freshwater connectivity and the associated flow regime are critical components of the health
of freshwater ecosystems. When freshwater ecosystems are fragmented, the movements …

Developing performance standards in fish passage: Integrating ecology, engineering and socio-economics

J O'Connor, R Hale, M Mallen-Cooper, SJ Cooke… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction of dams and weirs has fragmented many rivers and streams globally, and
this is a major threat to biodiversity. The most common method used to reduce these impacts …

The evolutionary consequences of dams and other barriers for riverine fishes

LJ Zarri, EP Palkovacs, DM Post, NO Therkildsen… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Dams and other anthropogenic barriers have caused global ecological and hydrological
upheaval in the blink of the geological eye. In the present article, we synthesize 307 studies …

River fragmentation and barrier impacts on fishes have been greatly underestimated in the upper Mekong River

J Sun, W Du, MC Lucas, C Ding, J Chen, J Tao… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
River barriers reduce river connectivity and lead to fragmentation of fish habitats, which can
result in decline or even extinction of aquatic biota, including fish populations. In the Mekong …

Single-stream recycling inspires selective fish passage solutions for the connectivity conundrum in aquatic ecosystems

DP Zielinski, RL McLaughlin, TC Pratt, RA Goodwin… - Bioscience, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Barrier removal is a recognized solution for reversing river fragmentation, but restoring
connectivity can have consequences for both desirable and undesirable species, resulting …

Fishway in hydropower dams: a scientometric analysis

JL Brito-Santos, K Dias-Silva, LS Brasil… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Building dams for hydroelectric use causes several negative effects on the aquatic fauna
with special attention to fish communities. In fact, among other impacts, dams act as a barrier …

[HTML][HTML] Fish morphology and passage through velocity barriers. Experience with northern straight-mouth nase (Pseudochondrostoma duriense Coelho, 1985) in an …

JR Sánchez-González, F Morcillo, J Ruiz-Legazpi… - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
Knowing the relationship between size, morphological traits and swimming performance of
fish is essential to understand the swimming capacity to successfully surpass these …

Research on dams and fishes: determinants, directions, and gaps in the world scientific production

HR Pereira, LF Gomes, HO Barbosa, FM Pelicice… - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
Despite the socio-environmental importance of ichthyofauna, global fish biodiversity has
decreased, and the damming of rivers is one anthropogenic activity that causes this …

[HTML][HTML] Fish community and abundance response to improved connectivity and more natural hydromorphology in a post-industrial subcatchment

J Sun, JS Tummers, SM Galib, MC Lucas - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Barrier removal and fish pass construction are increasingly used as tools to restore river
connectivity and improve habitat quality, but the effectiveness of subcatchment-scale …

[HTML][HTML] A large-scale passage evaluation for multiple fish species: Lessons from 82 fishways in lowland rivers and brooks

P Panagiotopoulos, AD Buijse, HV Winter… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
River networks worldwide are highly fragmented and this is particularly prevalent in the
human-dominated lowland landscape of the Netherlands. Fishways function as measures to …