Upper Caraş River (Danube watershed) fish populations fragmentation – technical rehabilitation proposal

Răzvan Voicu; Doru Bănăduc; Lee Jason Baumgartner; Liliana Voicu; Angela Curtean-Bănăduc

doi:10.1515/trser-2018-0006

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Upper Caraş River (Danube watershed) fish populations fragmentation – technical rehabilitation proposal

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

Volume 20 (2018): Issue 1 (January 2018)

By: Răzvan Voicu, Doru Bănăduc, Lee Jason Baumgartner, Liliana Voicu and Angela Curtean-Bănăduc

Open Access

|Nov 2017

Abstract

We propose a technical solution for fish movement based on the flow of water over a spill threshold. Such barriers are common in the Danube system. The proposed system has a range of operating components which are easily detachable from the spill threshold, are resistant to corrosion and will not harm the fish. In fact, if designed to complement swimming abilities of target fish, it should provide adequate passage for both adults and juveniles. If implemented correctly, the design may offer a solution to help displaced fish recolonize upstream habitats.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2018-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2344-3219 | Journal ISSN: 1841-7051

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Language: English

Page range: 69 - 86

Published on: Nov 1, 2017

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Keywords:

Site of Community Importance,

Caraş Gorge,

stream,

fish,

river continuum rehabilitation

Related subjects:

Life sciences,

Ecology

© 2017 Răzvan Voicu, Doru Bănăduc, Lee Jason Baumgartner, Liliana Voicu, Angela Curtean-Bănăduc, published by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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