Hydropower production and river rehabilitation: A case study on an alpine river

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-267

  Fette, M ^a,b   Weber, C ^a,b   Peter, A ^a,b   Wehrli, B ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Fish biology; Habitat stability; Hydropeaking; Hydropower; Restoration; Tracer hydrology

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RIVERS; TRACERS;

ACCELERATED SILTATION; CONNECTIVITY; FISH BIOLOGY; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; HYDROPEAKING; HYDROPOWER; REDUCED PERMEABILITIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGY; TRACER;

RHONE RIVER;

EID: 35248838294     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-006-9061-7     Document Type: Article

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