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Fish Tag Enhancement for Water Quality and Physiological Monitoring
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Daniel Deng
Completed projects with no scope descriptions
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
complete
Completion Date
2019
- Conventional Hydro
HydroPASSAGE
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Lara Aston
This project provides information and tools to increase fish survival through turbines and other hydropower structures across the U.S. and around the world.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2021
- Conventional Hydro
International Energy Agency Hydropower Technology Collaboration Program Participation
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Daniel Deng
PNNL actively participates in the Annex XIII: Hydropower and Fish to share and vet DOE-funded hydropower research outcomes with IEA members, as well as gain access to research from the international participants in these forums. Through its extensive fish passage expertise, PNNL contributes to Annex XIII to enhance research and collaborative products.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
International Environmental Data Sharing Initiative (Annex IV Project & Tehys Database)
Lead Companies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lead Researcher (s)
- Andrea Copping
This project aims to reach a broad national and international audience with the latest and most impactful research on the environmental effects of marine renewable energy. To help organize and disseminate this information and data to researchers, project developers, regulators, and the MRE community, DOE WPTO has directed Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to create and manage the Tethys, a web-based knowledge management system with semantic properties to enable enhanced searching and tagging capabilities, providing researchers, project developers, and regulators access to information and data on environmental effects of offshore renewable energy.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
Invasive Mussel Literature Resource
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Yale Passamaneck
Invasive quagga and zebra mussels present a significant risk to US Bureau of Reclamation operations and infrastructure. They have the potential to disrupt USBR operations and to cause damage to infrastructure leading to expensive repairs. A number of initiatives are currently underway at Reclamation to look at invasive mussels, including their spread, their economic impact, and potential methods for control in Reclamation infrastructure and open water environments. A centralized resource for accessing scientific literature and reports on invasive mussels will serve as a resource for these and other projects.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2021
- Conventional Hydro
Investigation of environmental RNA (eRNA) as a detection method for dreissenid mussels and other invasive species
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Jacque Keele
Environmental RNA is an emerging field of interest for biologists performing early detection of invasive species. The goal of this research proposal is to gain a greater understanding of both the advantages and limitations of using eRNA as a tool for the early detection of aquatic invasive species, including quagga, and zebra mussels.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2022
- Conventional Hydro
Measuring and evaluating ecological flows
Lead Companies
U.S. Geological Survey
Lead Researcher (s)
- James E. McKenna, Jr.
USGS scientists and partners used estimates of river and streamflow and observed fish abundances to develop tools that specify the response of fish to alterations in those flows. They fit the logistic model to a cumulative fish abundance curve as a function of yield providing an empirical means to develop models of the response of cumulative fish abundance to flows. Response zones of yield for each species in each system type illustrate how criteria may be developed that can be used in decision-making for management of flows. Mapping stream sensitivity to flow alteration throughout the Great Lakes Region with a multiscale spatial framework showed how regional variability in sensitivity for any fish species or assemblage may be evaluated and provides managers with information to help determine where the best opportunities for protection or restoration of streamflows and associated communities exist.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2018
- Marine Energy
MHK Data Products and User Community Development (PRIMRE-MHK DATA AND USER COMMUNITY)
Lead Companies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Lead Researcher (s)
- Andrea Copping, PNNL
- Cesar Castillo, SNL
- Jon Weers (NREL)
This project’s primary objective is the outreach, engagement, and development of MHK data and information communities, in alignment with WPTO goals. Reducing Barriers to Testing‒ Work with agencies and other groups to ensure that existing data is well-utilized and identify potential improvements to regulatory processes and requirements, Data Sharing and Analysis ‒ Aggregate and analyze data on MHK performance and technology advances, and maintain information sharing platforms to enable dissemination‒ Leverage expertise, technology, data, methods, and lessons from the international MHK community and other offshore scientific and industrial sectors (e.g., offshore wind, oil and gas).
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability, Technology
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources, Hydrokinetic, Renewable Integration, Tidal, Wave
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
Expected 2023
- Conventional Hydro
Modeling fish habitat and disease impacts from hydroelectric flow management
Lead Companies
U.S. Geological Survey
Lead Researcher (s)
- Russ Perry
The production of Klamath River fall Chinook salmon is thought to be limited by poor survival during freshwater juvenile life stages, in part a result of Ceratonova shasta—a highly infectious disease that can lead to fish mortality. Higher flushing river flows are thought to affect the concentration of C. shasta spores, and in turn, juvenile salmon infection and mortality. The Stream Salmonid Simulator (S3) model was built to simulate the spatiotemporal dynamics of the growth, movement, and survival of juvenile salmon from spawning through migration in response to river flow, habitat availability, water temperature, and C. shasta spore concentrations. The S3 model has been calibrated to juvenile fall Chinook salmon abundances at a trap site within the Klamath River, and was designed to provide objective predictions of juvenile salmon abundance and survival in relation to proposed flow management alternatives and resulting fish infection and mortality by C. shasta.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
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