TY - THES
TI - The Spatial Ecology and Biological Responses of Wild Fishes Relative to Hydropower Development on the Winnipeg River
AU - Struthers, D
AB - Wild fish population are often impounded by hydropower dams, which can restrict migration and habitat requirements, while making fishes susceptible to deleterious harm from entrainment through spillways and turbines, stranding from dewatering, as well as hydrokinetic developments that are being proposed for installment within tailraces. With applying acoustic biotelemetry and using model selection, I investigated the spatial ecology and biological responses from Lake Sturgeon and Walleye relative to hydropower developments on a large river. The results in chapter 2 document the spatial ecology of wild fishes within a run-of-river impoundment. In chapter 3, biotelemetry was used to investigate the risk of impacts from hydrokinetic turbines on wild fishes. This information will help to enhance management for Lake Sturgeon and Walleye populations that are impounded due to hydropower developments, and help guide best practices for commercial operations for hydrokinetic turbines that are placed within tailraces of hydropower stations.
DA - 2016/01//
PY - 2016
SP - 163
PB - Carleton University
UR - https://curve.carleton.ca/3f747114-6a90-4b9c-90fd-31b91f2b902c
LA - English
M3 - Master's Thesis
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Riverine
KW - Fish
KW - Demersal Fish
KW - Pelagic Fish
ER -