Glossary
This is a glossary of terms commonly used in materials related to hydropower and fish passage.
Tools & Technologies
The HydroPASSAGE toolsets include Biological Performance Assessment (BioPA), Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET), and Sensor Fish.
BioPA
The Biological Performance Assessment (BioPA) toolset relates computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models of hydraulic conditions to known impacts to fish to inform the design and operation and hydropower turbines.
HBET
The Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET) relates data collected by field-based sensors to biological response models for downstream fish passage at hydropower facilities.
Sensor Fish
Sensor Fish is a small autonomous device that measures the physical stressorsfish experience when passing through or around dams.
Biological Response
The HydroPASSAGE project studied biological response relationships in laboratory experiments to connect in-turbine physical stressors to impacts on fish.
Supporting Research
The HydroPASSAGE project focused on identifying and evaluating appropriate surrogate species. The team developed a method to quantitatively identify and prioritize surrogate fish species for study, using a traits-based framework.
Applications
Library
The HydroPASSAGE project has published research related to the toolsets, biological response, and fish passage.