Design criteria for vertical slot fishways
Funders
CICYT
Duration
2000 - 2002
Researchers
Jerónimo Puertas, Luis Cea, Luis Pena
Description
Fish passage over engineering constructions is an important consideration in order to maintain healthy fish populations. Well-designed vertical slot fishways can enable fish to overcome these obstructions, restoring the stream continuity and whole fish communities. The biological objectives of building a fish pass are developing towards the accommodation of all movements of a wide range of species and sizes of fishes. Accordingly, a significant challenge of this objective is designing vertical slot fishways in accordance with the requirements of small fishes or fish species with poor swimming abilities. This project is focused on establishing design criteria in these cases and on developing a user-friendly computer tool to facilitate the design process.
Keywords
fish passage, vertical slot fishway, design criteria
Related works
Puertas, J., Cea, L., Bermúdez, M., Pena, L., Rodríguez, A., Rabuñal, J., Balairón, L., Lara, A., Aramburu, E. (2011). Computer application for the analysis and design of vertical slot fishways in accordance with the requirements of the target species. Ecological Engineering
Bermúdez, M., Puertas, J., Cea, L., Pena, L., Balairón, L. (2010). Influence of the pool geometry on the biological efficiency of vertical slot fishways. Ecological Engineering, Vol.36
Cea, L., Pena, L., Puertas, J., Vázquez-Cendón, M.E, Peña, E. (2007). Application of several depth averaged turbulence models to simulate flow in vertical slot fishways. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol.133 (2)
Teijeiro, T., Pena, L., Puertas, J., Peña, E. (2006). Evaluating vertical-slot fishway designs in terms of fish swimming capabilities. Ecological Engineering, Vol.27 (1)
Puertas, J., Pena, L., Teijeiro, T. (2004). Experimental approach to the hydraulics of vertical slot fishways. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol.130 (1)
