Fish passage principles to be considered for medium and large dams: The case study of a fish passage concept for a hydroelectric power project on the Mekong mainstem in Laos

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-85

  Baumann, Peter ^a   Stevanella, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Terraplant Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b AF Colenco Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fish habitat connectivity; Fish ladder; Fish passage; Fishway; Hydroelectric power project; Hydropower; Laos; Mekong River

Indexed keywords

FISH HABITAT; FISH PASSAGE; HYDROPOWER; LAOS; MEKONG RIVER;

DESIGN; FISH; FISHERIES; FISHWAYS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; CONNECTIVITY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESERVOIR; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CAMBODIA; CHINA; LAOS; MEKONG RIVER; THAILAND;

EID: 84867331955     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.06.032     Document Type: Article

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