assessing the impacts of hydroelectricity production on aquatic ecosystems in lca: a multi-scale...
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NuclearFossils
Hydroelectricity
Solar, wind power and biomass
Key world energy statistics. 2016. International Energy Agency
(Grill et al. 2015)
The size of the represents the storage capacity of the reservoir
(Grill et al. 2015)
The size of the represents the storage capacity of the reservoir
(Grill 2015, Winemiller 2016, Zarfl et al. 2014)
RoRCoal Gas Nuclear Solar Wind Storage HE Alpin HE
© International rivers
Paraguay-Parana River
(Turgeon et al. 2016; Ecosphere)
Impede the movement of migratory species (fragmentation)
Non-native species colonization (confounding)
Impacts of drawdown(regulation)
Regionalization needed?
Boreal
Temperate
Tropical
Meta-analyses (PDF) 36 cross-sectional studies 66 longitudinal studies on change
in richness
Québec, CA
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Boreal
Temperate
Tropical
Boreal
Temperate
Tropical
Boreal
Temperate
Tropical
𝐶𝐹𝑈𝑖=
PDF𝑈𝑖∗ Area𝑈𝑖
Q𝑖(water or electricity)
PAFUi> PDFUi
Per reservoiri and per ecoregion (average)
But… limited datasets
PDF might not be sensitive enough… but PAF information is limited
Regionalization
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Movie instead of a snapshot
PAF > PDF
Transdisciplinarity
