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Hydroelectric Power Plants

Known as: Plants, Hydroelectric Power, Hydroelectric Power Plant, Plant, Hydroelectric Power 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Fish biodiversity and conservation in South America.
The freshwater and marine fish faunas of South America are the most diverse on Earth, with current species richness estimates… 
Review
2015
Review
2015
Critical review: Uncharted waters? The future of the electricity-water nexus.
  • K. Sanders
  • Environmental Science and Technology
  • 2015
  • Corpus ID: 206986975
Electricity generation often requires large amounts of water, most notably for cooling thermoelectric power generators and moving… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Carbon emission from hydroelectric reservoirs linked to reservoir age and latitude
Hydroelectric reservoirs cover an area of 3.4 x 10(5) km(2) and comprise about 20% of all reservoirs. In addition, they contain… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Malaria and water resource development: the case of Gilgel-Gibe hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia
BackgroundEthiopia plans to increase its electricity power supply by five-fold over the next five years to fulfill the needs of… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Migratory fishes of Brazil: Life history and fish passage needs
Many of the most important commercial and recreational species of the megadiverse Brazilian freshwater fishes migrate in rivers… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Abnormal monsoon years and their control on erosion and sediment flux in the high, arid northwest Himalaya
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The Development of Advanced Hydroelectric Turbines to Improve Fish Passage Survival
Abstract Recent efforts to improve the survival of hydroelectric turbine-passed juvenile fish have explored modifications to both… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Recovery of a Warmwater Fish Assemblage after the Initiation of a Minimum-Flow Release Downstream from a Hydroelectric Dam
Abstract Artificial fluctuations in streamflow caused by hydroelectric power dams can degrade fish habitat and reduce the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma near large rural construction sites, with a comparison with Sellafield nuclear site
Abstract Objective: To determine whether population mixing produced by large, non-nuclear construction projects in rural areas is… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Functional Responses of Riparian Vegetation to Streamflow Diversion in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
Partial streamflow diversion due to the siting of hydroelectric generating plants may increase the incidence and degree of water… 
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