Fish behavior at the horizontal screen of a novel shaft hydropower plant

• Published in: River Research and Applications
• Main Authors: Funk, Nicole, Knott, Josef, Pander, Joachim, Geist, Juergen
• Other Authors: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: Aris; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.4302; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rra.4302

Abstract Preventing fish entrainment during their downstream passage at hydropower plants remains a major challenge in reducing the ecological impacts of hydropower production. We investigated fish behavior at the world's first innovative shaft hydropower plant with its novel screen concept, ai...