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Over 200,000 kilometers of free-flowing river habitat in Europe is altered due to impoundments

Piotr Parasiewicz Orcid Logo, Kamila Belka Orcid Logo, Małgorzata Łapińska Orcid Logo, Karol Ławniczak, Paweł Prus, Mikołaj Adamczyk, Paweł Buras, Jacek Szlakowski, Zbigniew Kaczkowski Orcid Logo, Kinga Krauze Orcid Logo, Joanna O’Keeffe, Katarzyna Suska, Janusz Ligięza, Andreas Melcher, Jesse O’Hanley Orcid Logo, Kim Birnie-Gauvin Orcid Logo, Kim Aarestrup, Peter E. Jones, Josh Jones Orcid Logo, Carlos Garcia De Leaniz Orcid Logo, Jeroen S. Tummers Orcid Logo, Sofia Consuegra del Olmo Orcid Logo, Paul Kemp Orcid Logo, Hannah Schwedhelm Orcid Logo, Zbigniew Popek, Gilles Segura, Sergio Vallesi, Maciej Zalewski Orcid Logo, Wiesław Wiśniewolski

Nature Communications, Volume: 14, Issue: 1

Swansea University Authors: Josh Jones Orcid Logo, Carlos Garcia De Leaniz Orcid Logo, Sofia Consuegra del Olmo Orcid Logo

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European rivers are disconnected by more than one million man-made barriers that physically limit aquatic species migration and contribute to modification of freshwater habitats. Here, a Conceptual Habitat Alteration Model for Ponding is developed to aid in evaluating the effects of impoundments on...

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Sofia Consuegra del Olmo
title_short Over 200,000 kilometers of free-flowing river habitat in Europe is altered due to impoundments
title_full Over 200,000 kilometers of free-flowing river habitat in Europe is altered due to impoundments
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Jesse O’Hanley
Kim Birnie-Gauvin
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Jeroen S. Tummers
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description European rivers are disconnected by more than one million man-made barriers that physically limit aquatic species migration and contribute to modification of freshwater habitats. Here, a Conceptual Habitat Alteration Model for Ponding is developed to aid in evaluating the effects of impoundments on fish habitats. Fish communities present in rivers with low human impact and their broad environmental settings enable classification of European rivers into 15 macrohabitat types. These classifications, together with the estimated fish sensitivity to alteration of their habitat are used for assessing the impacts of six main barrier types (dams, weirs, sluices, culverts, fords, and ramps). Our results indicate that over 200,000 km or 10% of previously free-flowing river habitat has been altered due to impoundments. Although they appear less frequently, dams, weirs and sluices cause much more habitat alteration than the other types. Their impact is regionally diverse, which is a function of barrier height, type and density, as well as biogeographical location. This work allows us to foresee what potential environmental gain or loss can be expected with planned barrier management actions in rivers, and to prioritize management actions.
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