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3rd NSERC HydroNet Annual Symposium in partnership with Environnement Illimité inc. and LVM

Date : April 9th to 11th, 2013 Location : Delta Centre-ville, 777 University Street, Montreal, Quebec Agenda Program   Photos of NSERC HydroNet Symposium 2013

Presentations and Abstracts

Poster Session Abstracts

Decision Tools in Support of Fish Passage. R. McLaughlin, Associate Professor, University of Guelph.

Brook Trout Habitat Loss by Hydroelectric Project: Lessons learned from habitat compensation methods. F. Burton, Project Director, and M. Gendron, Environnement Illimité inc.

The Implementation of Mobile Hydroacoustic Surveys in Determining Fish Distributions in Fast Flowing Fluvial Environments - Its application in assessing an instream hydrokinetic turbine project. K. Jacobs, M. Gendron, Environnement Illimité inc.; and I. Hamad, Renewable Energy Research.

Sustainable Development of Hydropower – Case-studies and perspectives in Norway. A. Harby, Director, Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy (CEDREN), Norway.

Challenges and Solutions to Sustainable Hydropower in Canada. T. Toner, Director, Environmental Services, Nova-Scotia Power, Canada.

Hydropower Development in the Mekong Basin – From a Canadian Private Environmental Consultancy Experience. G. Bruce, President and Partner, Hatfield Canada, Laos.

Entrainment Vulnerability of Bull Trout and Burbot at the Mica Dam (Kinbasket Reservoir, BC). E.G. Martins, L.F.G. Gutowsky, Carleton University; P.M. Harrison, University of Waterloo; M. Langford, D. Zhu, University of Alberta; D. A. Patterson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; A. Leake, BC Hydro; M. Power, University of Waterloo; and S. J. Cooke, Carleton University.

Home Range and Spatial Behaviour of Burbot (Lota lota) in a Hydropower Reservoir in Southeastern B.C. P.M. Harrison, University of Waterloo; L.F.G. Gutowsky, E.G. Martins, Carleton University; D. Patterson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; A. Leake, BC Hydro; S.J. Cooke, Carleton University; and M. Power, University of Waterloo.

The Spatial Ecology of Adfluvial Bull Trout in a Large Hydropower Reservoir. L.F.G. Gutowsky, Carleton University; P.M. Harrison, University of Waterloo; E.G. Martins, Carleton University; D. Patterson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; A. Leake, BC Hydro; M. Power, University of Waterloo; and S.J. Cooke, Carleton University

Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of the Seton, Carpenter and Downtown Reservoirs on the Bridge and Seton River Systems. M.T. Langford, A.B. Baki, D.Z. Zhu, University of Alberta

Estimation and Modeling of Fish Production in Reservoirs. D. Boisclair, Theme Leader, Université de Montréal, and G. Rose, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Comparative Analysis of Sampling Methods to Develop Habitat-Use Models of Fish Productivity in the Littoral Zone of Reservoirs. N.A. Satre, G. Bourque and D. Boisclair, Université de Montréal.

Geostatistical Estimates of Pelagic Fish Production in Freshwater Ecosystems. R.A. Pollom and G.A. Rose, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Acoustic Size Spectra of Fishes: Spatial and Temporal Variation within a Hydropower Reservoir along the Winnipeg River. L. Wheeland and G.A. Rose, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Nutrient and Species Richness as Drivers of Fish Productivity in Canadian Waters. J.B. Rasmussen, Theme Leader, University of Lethbridge.

Establishing the Link between Fish Biodiversity, Species Richness and Biomass Production in Freshwater Ecosystems. P.A. Lennox and J.B. Rasmussen, University of Lethbridge.

Characterizing the Impact of Dams on the Thermal Regime of the Fourchue River (Quebec). A. Maheu, A. St-Hilaire, L. Beaupré, A. Daigle, Institut national de la recherche scientifique; and D. Caissie, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Thermal Modeling of the Fourchue River: Deterministic Model versus Statistical Model. L. Beaupré, A. St-Hilaire, A. Daigle et N. Bergeron, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

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