Why do fish strand? An analysis of ten years of flow reduction monitoring data from the Columbia and Kootenay rivers,Canada

Stranding of fish due to flow reductions has been documented in the near shore of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, Canada, and can result in sub‐lethal or lethal effects on fish. Ten years (1999–2009) of monitoring data have been collected at sites below two hydro‐electric dams (Hugh‐L‐Keenleyside and Brilliant Dam) following flow reductions. A generalized linear mixed effects model analysed the probability of a stranding event in relation to environmental and operational variables including the rate of change in the water levels, the duration of shoreline inundation prior to a reduction (wetted history), the river stage, the magnitude of the reduction, distance downstream from the dam, time of day, day of year (season) and whether a site had been physically altered to mitigate stranding. The results demonstrated statistically significant effects on stranding risk from minimum river stage, day of the year and whether a site had been physically re‐contoured. The combination of investigated factors giving the highest probability of stranding was a large magnitude reduction completed in the afternoon in midsummer, at low water levels when the near shore had been inundated for a long period. This research is significant in its approach to assessing years of ecosystem scale monitoring data and using the modelling results to determine ways for these findings to be applied in regulated river management to minimize fish stranding. It also highlighted data gaps that require addressing and provides ecosystem scale results to compare with stranding studies carried out in mesocosms. © 2014 The Authors. River Research and Applications published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

Importance of Reservoir Tributaries to Spawning of Migratory Fish in the Upper Paraná River

Regulation of rivers by dams transforms previously lotic reaches above the dam into lentic ones and limits or prevents longitudinal connectivity, which impairs access to suitable habitats for the reproduction of many migratory fish species. Frequently, unregulated tributaries can provide important habitat heterogeneity to a regulated river and may mitigate the influence of impoundments on the mainstem river. We evaluated the importance of tributaries to spawning of migratory fish species over three spawning seasons, by comparing several abiotic conditions and larval fish distributions in four rivers that are tributaries to an impounded reach of the Upper Paraná River, Brazil. Our study confirmed reproduction of at least 8 long‐distance migrators, likely nine, out of a total of 19 occurring in the Upper Paraná River. Total larval densities and percentage species composition differed among tributaries, but the differences were not consistent among spawning seasons and unexpectedly were not strongly related to annual differences in temperature and hydrology. We hypothesize that under present conditions, densities of larvae of migratory species may be better related to efficiency of fish passage facilities than to temperature and hydrology. Our study indicates that adult fish are finding suitable habitat for spawning in tributaries, fish eggs are developing into larvae, and larvae are finding suitable rearing space in lagoons adjacent to the tributaries. Our findings also suggest the need for establishment of protected areas in unregulated and lightly regulated tributaries to preserve essential spawning and nursery habitats. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

高原河流生态保护模式初探——以地震灾后重建“两河”生态保护为例

与平原河流相比,高原河流具有独特的水动力、地质地貌和生态特点。以青海省玉树州结古镇2010年遭受的地震为背景,在对现状进行充分调研、分析的基础上,查找存在的问题,立足治理需求,在满足防洪排涝要求的基础上,提出生态环境改善和景观水文化重建模式,为结古镇未来的经济社会发展和人民生活提供安全、舒适的水利支撑。将生态水力学与工程水力学相结合,根据扎西科河和巴塘河的特点(水文、地理和气候特征),以当地鱼类为保护目标,采用近自然修复技术,确定了河道的平面形态和断面型式。结合《结古镇地震灾后重建总体规划》,对滨水空间进行了划分,并根据有关规范对三线进行了界定。同时对河道的管理提出了一些建设性意见,可对扎西科河和巴塘河的可持续发展提供参考,对流域的治理和保护工作提供借鉴。     

筛分技术在城市河道疏浚污泥处置中的应用研究

对筛分技术应用于城市河道污泥进行探索研究,在对城市河道污泥的工程特性分析的基础上,对不同的筛分设备用于城市河道污泥进行全面分析,并将筛分技术应用于工程实践中,取得了良好的效果,为城市河道污泥预处置中遇到的难题提供了良好借鉴。     

桑干河干流河道治理水文分析

山西省桑干河地处大同盆地,为稳定河势、疏通河道、提高防洪标准,拟对桑干河干流河道进行治理,阐述了桑干河干流各段设计洪水计算方法及计算成果,为桑干河干流河道治理提供参考依据。     

基于ArcGIS和MikeBasin模型的还乡河流域污染负荷通量估算

阐述了污染负荷的概念及国内外研究进展,利用Arc GIS及Mike Basin模型对还乡河流域内污染负荷产出量、污染负荷通量进行模拟,给出流域内不同污染物的流出系数及距离衰减系数。模拟结果显示,还乡河流域污染负荷产出量为化学需氧量2100.053t/a、氨氮103.615 t/a、硝酸盐氮209.073t/a;并与降雨径流模型(NAM)耦合,计算出流域内污染负荷通量。为水环境管理提供了新的思路方法。     

基于光谱和时相特征的夏玉米遥感识别

精确提取作物种植面积一直是农业遥感关注的主要问题之一。综合运用低分辨率的时相变化特征和中分辨率的光谱特征,提出一种夏玉米识别方法。首先基于MODIS NDVI时间序列曲线,分析夏玉米在时相变化上的识别特征,构建识别模型。夏玉米纯像元利用识别模型识别,而耕地和非耕地类型的植被产生的混合像元,则基于像元分解办法获取耕地组分的NDVI时序特征,再利用识别模型判定,然后结合土地利用数据根据空间关系得到中分辨率结果;玉米与其他作物的混合像元则利用中分辨率尺度光谱差异加以区分。研究结果表明,在伊洛河流域主要农业区,识别精度达到90.33%,为作物类型识别提供了新的思路。     

Water–energy–food nexus in a transboundary context: the Euphrates–Tigris river basin as a case study

The interlinkage between water, energy and food security and its transboundary relevance is becoming increasingly important. The paper analyses the evolution of transboundary water resources management in the Euphrates–Tigris basin with specific reference to interlinkages between water, food and energy policies at national and transboundary levels, and it explores how the policy shifts at the highest decision-making level have served to produce synergies for cooperation among the riparians or vice versa.     

Rehabilitating rivers and enhancing ecosystem services in a water-scarcity context: the Yarqon River

After the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, the increase in urban and agricultural water demand and the increased flow of poorly treated sewage had a severe impact in one of the most ecologically important rivers in Israel, the Yarqon. The attempt to reverse this situation began with the creation of the Yarqon River Authority in 1988. In the last 20 years, the authority has implemented or collaborated in several projects that have significantly contributed to enhancing the provision of ecological services. This article aims to analyze the case of the pollution and subsequent rehabilitation of aquatic ecosystem services in the Israeli water-scarcity context.     

冰冻圈水文过程对黑河上游径流的影响分析

黑河上游处于高寒山区,开展冰冻圈水文过程对径流的影响研究,对于判断该地区径流变化趋势及其可持续性具有重要意义。本文应用基流分割、逐步多元回归等方法,分析了1960—2013年黑河上游出山径流量的变化及其原因,重点估计了融雪、冰川融化对径流的贡献,探讨了土壤冻融过程对径流变化的可能影响。分析结果表明,黑河上游山区河川径流在近54年间呈现上升趋势,其中以基流部分的上升为主。降水与气温变化对河川径流上升均有较大贡献。导致春季径流增加的主要因素为温度、降水次之;导致秋季径流增加的主要因素为降水、温度次之。夏季黑河上游东支的雨强有显著增大趋势(日雨量增幅为0.9 mm/10 a),对于河川径流贡献的比例约为15%。黑河山区的逐年降雪量变化不显著,冰川融化对径流增加的贡献小于10%。由此推断气温上升导致基流增加的主要原因是:气温升高导致高寒山区冻土活动层增厚,增加了土壤蓄水容量,从而导致降雨下渗量增加和基流量增大。由于黑河上游冻土分布广泛,未来气温持续上升的情况下,这种产流机制变化导致的基流增加具有可持续性。