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Flow Management for Hydropower Extirpates Aquatic Insects, Undermining River Food Webs

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Kennedy, Theodore A., Muehlbauer, Jeffrey D., Yackulic, Charles B., Lytle, David A., Miller, Scott W., Dibble, Kimberly L., Kortenhoeven, Eric W., Metcalfe, Anya N., and Baxter, Colden V.

Abstract:

Dams impound the majority of rivers and provide important societal benefits, especially daily water releases that enable on-peak hydroelectricity generation. Such “hydropeaking” is common worldwide, but its downstream impacts remain unclear. We evaluated the response of aquatic insects, a cornerstone of river food webs, to hydropeaking using a life history–hydrodynamic...

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