Multi-Species Assessment of Injury, Mortality, and Physical Conditions during Downstream Passage through a Large Archimedes Hydrodynamic Screw (Albert Canal, Belgium)

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Ine S. Pauwels, Raf Baeyens, Gert Toming, Matthias Schneider, David Buysse, Johan Coeck, Jeffrey A. Tuhtan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: Archimedes screw; turbine passage; fish injury and mortality; barotrauma detection system; envir; demo; Brama; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208722; https://doaj.org/article/14890f7891ef450785a4fde29855f813

Fish passing downstream through hydraulic structures and turbines may be exposed to an elevated risk of injury and mortality. The majority of live fish studies are single-species laboratory investigations and field studies of Kaplan turbines, with a limited number of studies in Francis and screw tur...