NSERC's HydroNet: A National Research Network to Promote Sustainable Hydropower and Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems

作者：Smokorowski Karen E^*; Bergeron Normand; Boisclair Daniel; Clarke Keith; Cooke Steven; Cunjak Rick; Dawson Jeff; Eaton Brett; Hicks Faye; Higgins Paul; Katopodis Chris; Lapointe Michel; Legendre Pierre; Power Michael; Randall Robert; Rasmussen Joseph; Rose George; Saint Hilaire Andre; Sellars Brent; Swanson Gary; Winfield Nicholas; Wysocki Roger; Zhu David

来源：Fisheries, 2011, 36(10): 480-488.

DOI：10.1080/03632415.2011.616459

NSERC's HydroNet is a collaborative national five-year research program initiated in 2010 involving academic, government, and industry partners. The overarching goal of HydroNet is to improve the understanding of the effects of hydropower operations on aquatic ecosystems, and to provide scientifically defensible and transparent tools to improve the decision-making process associated with hydropower operations. Multiple projects are imbedded under three themes: 1) Ecosystemic analysis of productive capacity of fish habitats (PCFH) in rivers, 2) Mesoscale modelling of the productive capacity of fish habitats in lakes and reservoirs, and 3) Predicting the entrainment risk of fish in hydropower reservoirs relative to power generation operations by combining behavioral ecology and hydraulic engineering. The knowledge generated by HydroNet is essential to balance the competing demands for limited water resources and to ensure that hydropower is sustainable, maintains healthy aquatic ecosystems and a vibrant Canadian economy.

• 出版日期2011-10