Dam removal: Listening in

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• Journal Title:
  Water Resources Research
• Personal Author:
  Foley, M. M. ; Bellmore, J. R. ; O'Connor, J. E. ; Duda, J. J. ; East, A. E. ; Grant, G. E. ; Anderson, C. W. ; Bountry, J. A. ; Collins, M. J. ; Connolly, P. J. ; Craig, L. S. ; Evans, J. E. ; Greene, S. L. ; Magilligan, F. J. ; Magirl, C. S. ; Major, J. J. ; Pess, G. R. ; Randle, T. J. ; Shafroth, P. B. ; Torgersen, C. E. ; Tullos, D. ; Wilcox, A. C.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  Dam removal is widely used as an approach for river restoration in the United States. The increase in dam removals—particularly large dams—and associated dam-removal studies over the last few decades motivated a working group at the USGS John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis to review and synthesize available studies of dam removals and their findings. Based on dam removals thusfar, some general conclusions have emerged: (1) physical responses are typically fast, with the rate of sedi- ment erosion largely dependent on sediment characteristics and dam-removal strategy; (2) ecological responses to dam removal differ among the affected upstream, downstream, and reservoir reaches; (3) damremoval tends to quickly reestablish connectivity, restoring the movement of material and organisms between upstream and downstream river reaches; (4) geographic context, river history, and land use signifi-
• Keywords:
  Water Science and Technology
• Source:
  Water Resources Research, 53(7), 5229-5246
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR020457
• ISSN:
  0043-1397
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  Library
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  urn:sha256:efdafbf4d1b5c3ff11e424bb9eeb29b93e404d5d66ddebc5bd7d10dea2a6198f
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/53143/noaa_53143_DS1.pdf
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