Session A1: Historical Evolution of Fish Biodiversity and Capture Periodicity in the River Meuse (Belgium) as Revealed by 15 Consecutive Years of Fishpass Monitoring

• Main Authors: Benitez, Jean-Philippe, Arnaud, Dierckx, Matondo, Billy Nzau, Ovidio, Michaël
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2015
• Subjects: Aquaculture and Fisheries; Hydraulic Engineering; Brama; Weir; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2015/June22/54

Abstract In the River Meuse at 323km upstream from the North Sea, the hydroelectric dam of Lixhe (rated power of 5300KW) is equipped with two fishpasses: one pool and weir fishpass (in function since 1980; 0.13m³.s-1 operating flow) and one vertical slot fishpass (in function since 1998; 1m3.s-1 ope...