| 来源类型 | Journal Article |
| 规范类型 | 其他 |
| Fish community responses to stream flow alterations and habitat modifications by small hydropower projects in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India, | |
| Suman Jumani, Shishir Rao, Nachiket Kelkar, Siddarth Machado, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Srinivas Vaidyanathan | |
| 发表日期 | 2018-05-01 |
| 出处 | Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2904 |
| 出版年 | 2018 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Small hydropower projects (SHPs) are promoted as environmentally benign alternatives to larger dams; however, the impacts of SHPs have been poorly studied, especially in tropical developing countries, where their growth is being encouraged. This study assessed the impacts of two SHPs on freshwater fish communities in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot of India. Two dammed and one undammed tributary of the Netravathi River, having similar stream order, elevation, and surrounding land‐use types, were identified as test and control sites respectively. Stream geometry, water chemistry, and fish assemblages were compared across upstream, dewatered, and downstream location categories within and across the three streams. Flow alterations induced by SHPs affected the dewatered river stretches most severely. Stream wetted width and depths diminished drastically in dammed dewatered segments, and consequently this region was characterized by elevated water temperature and reduced dissolved oxygen. Fish species composition varied significantly between dammed and undammed sites, across the upstream, dewatered, and downstream location categories. Dammed segments had lower fish species richness, diversity, and endemicity, and were dominated by eurytopic species (adapted to lentic conditions), unlike the control site, which was dominated by rheophilic species (adapted to flowing waters). Regression analyses indicated that fish species richness in dammed streams increased with distance from the dam in the upstream direction. The SHPs were found to have severe impacts on stream geometry, water chemistry, and aquatic biota, especially in the dry season. Given the ambitious targets of planned SHP growth, most of which are within ecologically fragile regions, changes in SHP operations and policies are proposed to enable the conservation of river fish diversity. These include mandatory environmental impact assessments, conserving undammed headwater streams in regulated basins, maintaining adequate environmental flows, and implementing other mitigation measures. |
| 主题 | Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning |
| URL | https://www.atree.org/journal-articles/fish-community-responses-stream-flow-alterations-and-habitat-modifications-small-0 |
| 来源智库 | Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (India) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/86071 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Suman Jumani, Shishir Rao, Nachiket Kelkar, Siddarth Machado, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Srinivas Vaidyanathan. Fish community responses to stream flow alterations and habitat modifications by small hydropower projects in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India,. 2018. |
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