Global proliferation of small hydropower plants - science and policy

Freshwater ecosystems could become the biggest losers of the Paris Agreement

(2017) Virgilio Hermoso   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoir Water Surfaces: A New Global Synthesis

(2016) Bridget R. Deemer et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Assessment of the potential of small hydropower development in Brazil

(2016) Jacson Hudson Inácio Ferreira et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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

(2016) K. O. Winemiller et al.   SCIENCE

Integrated watershed management: evolution, development and emerging trends

(2016) Guangyu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH

Environmental life cycle assessment of a small hydropower plant in China

(2015) Mingyue Pang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Widespread Forest Vertebrate Extinctions Induced by a Mega Hydroelectric Dam in Lowland Amazonia

(2015) Maíra Benchimol et al.   PLoS One

A global boom in hydropower dam construction

(2014) Christiane Zarfl et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

False Shades of Green: The Case of Brazilian Amazonian Hydropower

(2014) James Kahn et al.   Energies

Should we build more large dams? The actual costs of hydropower megaproject development

(2014) Atif Ansar et al.   ENERGY POLICY

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 critical view on the eco-friendliness of small hydroelectric installations

(2013) M. Premalatha et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Nutrient uptake in a stream affected by hydropower plants: comparison between stream channels and diversion canals

(2012) Oihana Izagirre et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Ecological Environment Protection in Chinese Rural Hydropower Development Practices: A Review

(2012) Xianqiang Tang et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Ecohydraulics of pool-type fishways: Getting past the barriers

(2011) José Maria Santos et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

High-resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management

(2011) Bernhard Lehner et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Temporal impacts of a small hydropower plant on benthic algal community

(2010) N. C. Wu et al.   Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Hydraulic and geomorphological effects of run-of-river dams

(2010) Shane Csiki et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

The role of hydroelectric power and contribution of small hydropower plants for sustainable development in Turkey

(2010) Bahtiyar Dursun et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Downstream effects of diversion dams on sediment and hydraulic conditions of Rocky Mountain streams

(2010) D. W. Baker et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Impacts of cascade run-of-river dams on benthic diatoms in the Xiangxi River, China

(2009) N. Wu et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

Fish passage experience at small-scale hydro-electric power plants in France

(2008) Michel Larinier   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Changes in benthic algal communities following construction of a run-of-river dam

(2008) Naicheng Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY