Organizing Environmental Flow Frameworks to Meet Hydropower Mitigation Needs.
The global recognition of the importance of natural flow regimes to sustain the ecological integrity of river systems has led to increased societal pressure on the hydropower industry to change plant operations to improve downstream aquatic ecosystems. However, a complete reinstatement of natural fl...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 365 - 386 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Sep2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=117125091&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 117125091 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0364152X O5H jtl: Environmental Management issn: 0364152X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2016 vid: 58 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 117125091 10.1007/s00267-016-0726-y 117125091 ppf: 365 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Organizing Environmental Flow Frameworks to Meet Hydropower Mitigation Needs. aug: au: McManamay, Ryan Brewer, Shannon Jager, Henriette Troia, Matthew affil: Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, MS-6351 Oak Ridge 37831-6351 USA sug: ab: The global recognition of the importance of natural flow regimes to sustain the ecological integrity of river systems has led to increased societal pressure on the hydropower industry to change plant operations to improve downstream aquatic ecosystems. However, a complete reinstatement of natural flow regimes is often unrealistic when balancing water needs for ecosystems, energy production, and other human uses. Thus, stakeholders must identify a prioritized subset of flow prescriptions that meet ecological objectives in light of realistic constraints. Yet, isolating aspects of flow regimes to restore downstream of hydropower facilities is among the greatest challenges of environmental flow science due, in part, to the sheer volume of available environmental flow tools in conjunction with complex negotiation-based regulatory procedures. Herein, we propose an organizational framework that structures information and existing flow paradigms into a staged process that assists stakeholders in implementing environmental flows for hydropower facilities. The framework identifies areas where regulations fall short of the needed scientific process, and provide suggestions for stakeholders to ameliorate those situations through advanced preparation. We highlight the strengths of existing flow paradigms in their application to hydropower settings and suggest when and where tools are most applicable. Our suggested framework increases the effectiveness and efficiency of the e-flow implementation process by rapidly establishing a knowledge base and decreasing uncertainty so more time can be devoted to filling knowledge gaps. Lastly, the framework provides the structure for a coordinated research agenda to further the science of environmental flows related to hydropower environments. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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