Reservoir rehabilitations: Seeking the Fountain of Youth
Fisheries
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Abstract
Aging of reservoirs alters the functions, and associated services, of these systems through time. The goal of habitat rehabilitation is often to alter the trajectory of the aging process such that the duration of the desired state is prolonged. There are two important characteristics in alteration of the trajectory—the amplitude relative to current state and the subsequent rate of change, or aging—that ultimately determine the duration of extension for the desired state. Rehabilitation processes largely fall into three main categories: fish community manipulation, water quality manipulation, and physical habitat manipulation. We can slow aging of reservoirs through carefully implemented management actions, perhaps even turning back the hands of time, but we cannot stop aging. We call for new, innovative perspectives that incorporate an understanding of aging processes in all steps of rehabilitation of reservoirs, especially in planning and assessing.
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Pegg, M.A., Pope, K.L., Powell, L., Turek, K.C., Spurgeon, J., Stewart, N.T., Hogberg, N.P., and Porath, M.T., 2017, Reservoir rehabilitations: Seeking the Fountain of Youth: Fisheries, v. 40, no. 4, p. 177-181, https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2015.1017635.
ISSN: 1548-8446 (online)
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Reservoir rehabilitations: Seeking the Fountain of Youth |
| Series title | Fisheries |
| DOI | 10.1080/03632415.2015.1017635 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication Date | April 15, 2015 |
| Year Published | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Contributing office(s) | Coop Res Unit Seattle |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 177 |
| Last page | 181 |