Reducing the ecosystem impacts of dams

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  • JFJulia Fahrenkamp-Uppenbrink
    Julia Fahrenkamp-Uppenbrink
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Abstract
Ecology Around the world, tens of thousands of dams regulate river flow and provide electrical power. By altering water and sediment flows, dams influence downstream ecosystems. In a Perspective, Poff and Schmidt explain that negative downstream effects can be ameliorated at low cost by managing