Compensatory Mechanisms in Fish Populations:An EPRI Research Plan

摘要

This is a plan for Industry-sponsored research on compensation in fish populations impacted at steam-electric or hydro-power facilities. Compensation encompasses processes by which fishes self-regulate rates of reproduction and mortality as means of offsetting those impacts. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) analysis of Industry needs for research on the dynamics of impacted fish populations spans the period 1975 to the present. The analysis includes a sequence of four literature reviews, an international symposium and three planning workshops. This research plan summarizes those efforts.nThe Fellowship Program is a basic research effort to be conducted by senior graduate students working in the area of population dynamics. The Program relies on an oversight group of senior academic and industry scientists to set topical goals for research, oversee the selection and implementation of projects and assist with the consolidation and integration of outputs into the larger predictive framework provided by the Key Species studies.