A hydro-economic model for water level fluctuations: combining limnology with economics for sustainable development of hydropower.

Water level fluctuations in lakes lead to shoreline displacement. The seasonality of flooding or beaching of the littoral area affects nutrient cycling, redox gradients in sediments, and life cycles of aquatic organisms. Despite the ecological importance of water level fluctuations, we still lack a...

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Main Authors: Philipp Emanuel Hirsch, Sebastian Schillinger, Hannes Weigt, Patricia Burkhardt-Holm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4272295?pdf=render