Adaptation to minimize the joint impacts of climate change and the management of hydraulic infrastructures on fish and fish habitat

在气候变化的背景下，水库下游的放水管理要保持 环境流动正变得越来越复杂，需要更好的工具来预测和 决策。这项建议旨在获取新的知识和开发/改进油藏工具 气候变化背景下的管理，以减轻潜在增加的水的影响 鱼的温度。该方法基于三个子组件：1)改善和适应水文， 将水力和水温模型应用于油藏管理。2)获取新密钥 关于三种重要鱼类的生理和温度要求的知识，这些鱼存在于 Nechako系统，这项研究就是在那里进行的。3)使用气候变化情景来预测潜力 在水库放水管理方面可能需要的变化。对加拿大人的好处 行业包括将从第一个多物种水温需求研究中获得的见解 在加拿大西部一个重要的受管理的分水岭，改进了水流和水的建模工具 温度管理和培训具有跨学科经验的高素质人才。

In the context of climate change, the management of water releases downstream of reservoirs to maintain environmental flows is becoming more complex and better tools are required for forecasting and decision-making. This proposal aims at acquiring new knowledge and developing/improving tools for reservoir management in the context of climate change, in order to mitigate the impacts of potential increased water temperature on fish. The approach is based on three sub-components: 1) Improve and adapt hydrological, hydraulic and water temperature models to the context of reservoir management. 2) Acquiring new key knowledge on the physiology and temperature requirements of three important fish species that are present in the Nechako system, where this study is taking place. 3) Use climate change scenarios to anticipate potential changes that may be required in the management of reservoir water releases. The benefits for the Canadian industry include insights that will be gained from a first multi-species study of water temperature requirements in an important managed watershed in Western Canada, improved modelling tools for flow and water temperature management and training of highly qualified personnel with cross-disciplinary experience.