期刊论文详细信息
Sustainability
The Impact of Hydropeaking on Juvenile Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) in a Norwegian Regulated River
Ana Juárez1  SveinJakob Saltveit2  Åge Brabrand2  BjørnOtto Dønnum3  Morten Stickler4 
[1] Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7031 Trondheim, Norway;Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Laboratory, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway;Hafslund E-CO Vannkraft AS, 0104 Oslo, Norway;The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, 0301 Oslo, Norway;
关键词: river regulation;    hydropeaking;    brown trout;    fish density;   
DOI  :  10.3390/su12208670
来源: DOAJ
【 摘 要 】

The Norwegian electrical energy supply system is based on hydropower. The now deregulated energy market has led to increased use of hydropeaking production, leading to greater fluctuations in discharge and water levels below hydropower stations. The power station HOL 1, with an outlet to the Storåne River, is a large hydropeaking facility. With over 300 rapid flow increases and decreases per year since 2012, it is a river subjected to frequent hydropeaking. To quantify the stranding risk downstream of the power plant, the effect of a series of different turbine shutdown scenarios was simulated in an earlier study. The residual flow of 6 m3·s−1 and a full production of 66 m3·s−1 were considered as the baselines for the calculation of dewatered areas. A three-year study of juvenile fish density both upstream as a reference and downstream of the power plant was undertaken. There were very low densities or even an absence of brown trout (Salmo trutta) older than young-of-the-year (YoY) below the outlet of the power station, despite high densities of YoY in previous years. This is probably due to the large and rapid changes in flow below the power station. Hydropeaking has less impact on the earliest life stages of brown trout during spring and summer, as well as on spawning and egg development during winter. This is attributed spawning in late autumn occurring at a low flow seldom reached during hydropeaking. The high survival of YoY during the first summer and early autumn is likely due to a lower frequency of hydropeaking and higher residual flows, leaving a larger wetted area.

【 授权许可】

Unknown   

  文献评价指标  
  下载次数:0次 浏览次数:0次