Migrações ascendentes de peixes neotropicais e hidrelétricas: proteção a jusante de turbinas e vertedouros e sistemas de transposição. / Upstream migrations of neotropical fishes and hidroelectric dams: protection downstream from turbines and from spillways and fish passages.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

This work aims to examine engineering, mainly hydraulic engineering, aspects related to the effects of hydroelectric dams on upstream fish migration, identifying possible measures for the reduction of fish mortality, inside turbines draft tubes and in the region downstream from spillways, and describing the most common upstream fish passages, mainly vertical slot fishways. The literature review starts with fish migrations and the effects of dams and reservoir on fishes, followed by hydraulic aspects of barriers to prevent fish entrance in water intakes and their possible application to turbine draft tubes. Case studies are reported concerning the construction of spillway exit channels to avoid the possible mortality of fish entrapped in depressions and pools in the old riverbed, when it`s not permanently flooded, after the closure of the spillway gates. The literature review proceeds with the most common upstream fish passages, according to the international experience and to the recent Brazilian`s experience. Next, the hydraulic model studies developed for evaluation and characterization of flow inside pools of vertical slot fishways are described, for the classical rectangular cross section, as well as for trapezoidal ones, not presented in the literature so far, which have comparatively lower costs, detailing the experimental arrangements, the experiments and experimental results, with discussions on hydraulic and ichthyofauna aspects. Its concluded that the most promising solutions to reduce fish mortality are fish screens and sound and electric behavioural barriers, at the exit of draf tubes, and the construction of spillway exit channels. Its also concluded that vertical slot fishways with trapezoidal cross sections provide good flow conditions, meeting the supposed swimming requirements of different fish species on their upstream migrations, with lower capital costs than classical fishways, with rectangular cross sections. Its recommended that specific ichthyofauna studies and monitoring be developed to subsidize engineering design in this field.

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impactos ambientais fish ladders fish passages escada para peixes peixes tropicais dams hydroelectric power plants usinas hidrelétricas fish fish protection

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