Assessment of Native Fish Passage through Brandon Road Lock and Dam, Des Plaines River, Illinois, Using Fin Ray Microchemistry

A major environmental issue for hydro-electric power generation is passage of fish through turbines, or entrainment onto trash racks. At Yarrawonga Weir, on the upper Murray River in south-eastern Australia, the positioning of a fish lock resulted in the potential for upstream migrating fish to be swept back into the adjacent power station by cross flows. In 2004, a 4.5-m long steel extension flume was attached to the exit to alleviate this problem. To determine the fate of native fish after exiting the extension flume, 72 individuals (305–1015 mm long) were implanted with radio-transmitters and released into the fish lock exit channel. In 2004 (power station inflows 10 300 ML day–1), the majority of fish exited successfully (44 of 45) and only a single fish (2%) was entrained into the power station. In 2005 (power station inflows 12 000 ML day–1), fish again exited successfully (26 of 27) but with a higher proportion entrained (5 of 27; 18%). This reduced success appeared to be related to strong transverse flows with high water velocities adjacent to the fish lock exit. The efficiency of fish passage at this site might be improved by altering water management strategies, integrating engineering and fish biology, and through field-testing of proposed solutions.

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Identifying river of origin for age-0 Scaphirhynchus sturgeons in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers using fin ray microchemistry

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f2012-038 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 69 (5) ◽

pp. 930-941 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Quinton E. Phelps ◽

Gregory W. Whitledge ◽

Sara J. Tripp ◽

Kurt T. Smith ◽

James E. Garvey ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mississippi River ◽

Missouri River ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Ambient Water ◽

Short Term ◽

Fin Ray ◽

Middle Mississippi River ◽

Nursery Habitats ◽

Fin Ray Microchemistry ◽

The Relationship

Understanding linkages between natal and nursery habitats is critical for conservation of riverine fishes. Scaphirhynchus sturgeons inhabiting the middle Mississippi River may originate from the Missouri or Mississippi rivers, although relative importance of these recruitment sources is unknown. We characterized the relationship between water and sturgeon fin ray Sr:Ca, verified shifts in water Sr:Ca are recorded in age-0 sturgeon fin rays, and determined whether age-0 sturgeons from the Mississippi and Missouri rivers exhibited distinct fin ray Sr:Ca signatures. Fin ray Sr:Ca of laboratory-reared fish reflected transfer from water with elevated Sr:Ca to ambient water 1 day posthatch, indicating that short-term residency in environments can be detected. Nine of 30 age-0 fish captured in the middle Mississippi River were Missouri River emigrants. Four of these emigrants originated in the upper portion of the lower Missouri River (≥589 km upstream from its mouth), where water Sr:Ca is higher compared with the lowermost section of the Missouri River and the Mississippi River. Twenty-five of 30 fish collected from the lowermost section of the Missouri River originated within this river segment; the remainder originated upriver. Fin ray Sr:Ca enables identification of natal river segment for age-0 sturgeons and contributions of river segments to sturgeon recruitment.

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Lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens and shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus environmental life history revealed using pectoral fin-ray microchemistry: implications for interjurisdictional conservation through fishery closure zones

Journal of Fish Biology ◽

10.1111/jfb.13242 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 90 (2) ◽

pp. 626-639 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Q. E. Phelps ◽

R. N. Hupfeld ◽

G. W. Whitledge

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Lake Sturgeon ◽

Acipenser Fulvescens ◽

Pectoral Fin ◽

Shovelnose Sturgeon ◽

Fin Ray ◽

Scaphirhynchus Platorynchus ◽

Fin Ray Microchemistry

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Identification of stocked muskellunge and potential for distinguishing hatchery-origin and wild fish using pelvic fin ray microchemistry

Fisheries Management and Ecology ◽

10.1111/fme.12081 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 312-321 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

N. P. Rude ◽

K. T. Smith ◽

G. W. Whitledge

Keyword(s):

Wild Fish ◽

Fin Ray ◽

Fin Ray Microchemistry ◽

Pelvic Fin

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Identification of human-made physical barriers to fish passage in the Wet Tropics region, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research ◽

10.1071/mf14397 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 67 (5) ◽

pp. 677 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Frederieke J. Kroon ◽

Seonaid Phillips

Keyword(s):

Fish Passage ◽

Native Fish ◽

Fish Movement ◽

Gis Analysis ◽

Transport Networks ◽

Stream Network ◽

Potential Barriers ◽

Far North ◽

Physical Barriers ◽

Wet Tropics

Human-made physical barriers to fish passage were identified in the Wet Tropics region, Far North Queensland, Australia, through a desktop GIS analysis of the stream and transport networks. A total of 3748 of such potential barriers, comprising bridges, culverts and causeways, were identified in a stream network of 18363km at a scale of 1:100000. These records provide a first step for a complete barrier inventory and assessment for this region, which can be used to prioritise potential barriers for removal and remediation to improve native fish movement and fisheries production.

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Validating Fin Ray Microchemistry as a Tool to Reconstruct the Migratory History of White Sturgeon

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society ◽

10.1080/00028487.2017.1320305 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 146 (5) ◽

pp. 844-857 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

K. Sellheim ◽

M. Willmes ◽

J. A. Hobbs ◽

J. J. G. Glessner ◽

Z. J. Jackson ◽

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Keyword(s):

White Sturgeon ◽

Fin Ray ◽

Migratory History ◽

History Of ◽

Fin Ray Microchemistry

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RECLAMATION AND CULVERT CROSSINGS MADE OF CORRUGATED PIPES ON SPAWNING STREAMS

Prirodoobustrojstvo ◽

10.26897/1997-6011-2020-5-68-77 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 68-77

Author(s):

O.N. CHERNYKH ◽

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A.V. RBURLACHENKO

Keyword(s):

Single Point ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Fish Passage ◽

Future Research ◽

Fish Stocks ◽

Metal Structures ◽

Natural Reproduction ◽

Spiral Shape ◽

Corrugated Metal ◽

Spawning Streams

Recommendations are presented for solving issues that arise in the design and operation of tubular transport crossings of corrugated metal structures through spawning streams while ensuring the safety and natural reproduction of fish stocks. There are discussed the results of experimental studies of culverts made of metal corrugated pipes with a normal and spiral shape of corrugation the bottom of which is buried and filled with suitable granular material to the level of the natural channel of a small watercourse. It is established that when 10% of the area of the corrugated pipe is occupied by stone filling, its throughput is reduced by about 10-12%. Based on the review of the existing literature and the results of laboratory experiments, data is provided to estimate the values of the roughness coefficients of the composite cross-section of a single-point junction and directions for future research on culvert reclamation are outlined. Studying of the structure of the velocity distribution in culverts can lead to the improved conditions for fish passage without installing special structural elements in the transit path of the fish passage structure.

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Shape Optimization of Hydraulic Structures: an Example of an Optimum Design of a Fish Passage

10.29007/2k64 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Pat Prodanovic ◽

Cedric Goeury ◽

Fabrice Zaoui ◽

Riadh Ata ◽

Jacques Fontaine ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Numerical Model ◽

Shape Optimization ◽

Objective Function ◽

Optimum Design ◽

Optimization Problem ◽

A Priori ◽

Coupled System ◽

Fish Passage ◽

Hydraulic Structures ◽

Design Variables

This paper presents a practical methodology developed for shape optimization studies of hydraulic structures using environmental numerical modelling codes. The methodology starts by defining the optimization problem and identifying relevant problem constraints. Design variables in shape optimization studies are configuration of structures (such as length or spacing of groins, orientation and layout of breakwaters, etc.) whose optimal orientation is not known a priori. The optimization problem is solved numerically by coupling an optimization algorithm to a numerical model. The coupled system is able to define, test and evaluate a multitude of new shapes, which are internally generated and then simulated using a numerical model. The developed methodology is tested using an example of an optimum design of a fish passage, where the design variables are the length and the position of slots. In this paper an objective function is defined where a target is specified and the numerical optimizer is asked to retrieve the target solution. Such a definition of the objective function is used to validate the developed tool chain. This work uses the numerical model TELEMAC- 2Dfrom the TELEMAC-MASCARET suite of numerical solvers for the solution of shallow water equations, coupled with various numerical optimization algorithms available in the literature.

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