Small Hydropower—Small Ecological Footprint? A Multi-Annual Environmental Impact Analysis Using Aquatic Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators. Part 1: Effects on Community Structure

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Ecological impacts of run-of-river hydropower plants—Current status and future prospects on the brink of energy transition

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Fine-scale multiannual survey of benthic invertebrates in a glacier-fed stream used for hydropower generation

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The public's perception of run-of-the-river hydropower across Europe

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Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers

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Small hydropower goes unchecked

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Future large hydropower dams impact global freshwater megafauna

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Global proliferation of small hydropower plants - science and policy

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Basin-scale effects of small hydropower on biodiversity dynamics

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GLMM BACI environmental impact analysis shows coastal dune restoration reduces seed predation on an endangered plant

(2018) Eleanor A. Pardini et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Glacial influence and stream macroinvertebrate biodiversity under climate change: Lessons from the Southern Alps

(2018) Valeria Lencioni   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Global-scale hydrological response to future glacier mass loss

(2018) Matthias Huss et al.   Nature Climate Change

A brief introduction to mixed effects modelling and multi-model inference in ecology

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Spatial and temporal variation of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages during the glacial melt season in an Italian glacier-fed stream

(2018) A. Scotti et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Hydropower dams of the Mekong River basin: A review of their hydrological impacts

(2018) Jory S. Hecht et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Resolving taxonomic ambiguities: Effects on rarity, projected richness, and indices in macroinvertebrate datasets

(2018) Christy S. Meredith et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

From stream to land: Ecosystem services provided by stream insects to agriculture

(2018) Julien Raitif et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Visibility/invisibility in the 'making' of energy landscape. Strategies and policies in the hydropower development of the Piave river (Italian Eastern Alps)

(2017) Viviana Ferrario et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Governing the transition to renewable energy: A review of impacts and policy issues in the small hydropower boom

(2017) Sarah Kelly-Richards et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Freshwater ecosystems could become the biggest losers of the Paris Agreement

(2017) Virgilio Hermoso   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The climate of the European Alps: Shift of very high resolution Köppen-Geiger climate zones 1800–2100

(2017) Franz Rubel et al.   METEOROLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT

Glacier shrinkage driving global changes in downstream systems

(2017) Alexander M. Milner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Response of stream benthic macroinvertebrates to current water management in Alpine catchments massively developed for hydropower

(2017) Silvia Quadroni et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

High-resolution assessment of global technical and economic hydropower potential

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The effects of run-of-river hydroelectric power schemes on invertebrate community composition in temperate streams and rivers

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Biodiversity and human well-being: an essential link for sustainable development

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Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

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Effects of the “Run-of-River” Hydro Scheme on Macroinvertebrate Communities and Habitat Conditions in a Mountain River of Northeastern China

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A global review of the downstream effects of small impoundments on stream habitat conditions and macroinvertebrates

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Identifying run-off contributions during melt-induced run-off events in a glacierized alpine catchment

(2015) Michael Engel et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

A global review of the downstream effects of small impoundments on stream habitat conditions and macroinvertebrates

(2015) John Gichimu Mbaka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

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A global boom in hydropower dam construction

(2014) Christiane Zarfl et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

Benthic macroinvertebrate flow sensitivity as a tool to assess effects of hydropower related ramping activities in streams in Ontario (Canada)

(2014) D.G. Armanini et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Interpreting the replacement and richness difference components of beta diversity

(2014) Pierre Legendre   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The impacts of ‘run-of-river’ hydropower on the physical and ecological condition of rivers

(2014) David Anderson et al.   WATER AND ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL

A general framework for analyzing beta diversity, nestedness and related community-level phenomena based on abundance data

(2013) János Podani et al.   Ecological Complexity

Influence of four run-of-river dams on channel morphology and sediment characteristics in Illinois, USA

(2013) Shane JC Csiki et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Cumulative biophysical impact of small and large hydropower development in Nu River, China

(2013) Kelly M. Kibler et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Dam choices: Analyses for multiple needs

(2012) P. M. Kareiva   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin

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The effects of weirs on structural stream habitat and biological communities

(2011) Melanie Mueller et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

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(2011) Bernhard Wehrli   Nature Geoscience

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(2011) Tasneem Abbasi et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

The potential for small scale hydropower development in the US

(2010) Lea Kosnik   ENERGY POLICY

Hydraulic and geomorphological effects of run-of-river dams

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Associations between species and groups of sites: indices and statistical inference

(2009) Miquel De Cáceres et al.   ECOLOGY

Emergence and Flight Activity of Alpine Stream Insects in Two Years with Contrasting Winter Snowpack

(2008) Debra S. Finn et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

The potential of water power in the fight against global warming in the US

(2008) Lea Kosnik   ENERGY POLICY