Ecological hydrograph based on Schizothorax chongi habitat conservation in the dewatered river channel between Jinping cascaded dams  

作　　者：LI RuoNan 1,CHEN QiuWen 1,2 & Duan Chen 1,3 1 Research Center for Eco-environmental Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100085,China 2 China Three Gorges University,Yichang 443002,China 3 Hydraulics Department,Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute,Wuhan 430010,China 

出　　处：《Science China(Technological Sciences)》2011年第S1期54-63,共10页中国科学（技术科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Basic Research Program of China("973"Project)(Grant No.2010CB429004);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.50879086,50639070);the Chutian Scholarship(Grant No.KJ2010B002)

摘　　要：Hydropower development changes the river hydrological regime,thereby altering river ecosystem significantly.One important measure for reducing degradation of ecosystem is to determine ecological flow and implement it by reservoir operation.This paper described a method to calculate river ecological flow based on fish habitat conservation and applied it to Jinping River Bend of Yalong River.Schizothorax chongi was selected as target species,and the fish habitat model coupling with water environmental model was developed according to the relationship between fish and water environment factors.Moreover,improved hydraulic habitat suitability index(IHHS) and habitat fragment index(HFI) varying with discharge were discussed in this paper.Habitat area representing average annual flow was taken as a reference,and then ecological hydrographs under different habitat conservation levels were calculated considering season variation and life stages of fish.Compared to the natural condition,the model results indicated that the reservoir operation clearly influenced the habitat of the target fish.It was proposed to ensure flow releases to maintain 70%-90% habitat in section after joint while about 60% before joint.Hydropower development changes the river hydrological regime,thereby altering river ecosystem significantly.One important measure for reducing degradation of ecosystem is to determine ecological flow and implement it by reservoir operation.This paper described a method to calculate river ecological flow based on fish habitat conservation and applied it to Jinping River Bend of Yalong River.Schizothorax chongi was selected as target species,and the fish habitat model coupling with water environmental model was developed according to the relationship between fish and water environment factors.Moreover,improved hydraulic habitat suitability index(IHHS) and habitat fragment index(HFI) varying with discharge were discussed in this paper.Habitat area representing average annual flow was taken as a reference,and then ecological hydrographs under different habitat conservation levels were calculated considering season variation and life stages of fish.Compared to the natural condition,the model results indicated that the reservoir operation clearly influenced the habitat of the target fish.It was proposed to ensure flow releases to maintain 70%-90% habitat in section after joint while about 60% before joint.

关 键 词：RIVER HABITAT HABITAT assessment ECOLOGICAL flow ECOLOGICAL HYDROGRAPH 

分 类 号：TV12[水利工程—水文学及水资源] X171[环境科学与工程—环境科学]