Conclusions
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Construction and operation of the Sayano-Shushenskoe hydrostation did not introduce noticeable deviations in the land and aquatic ecosystems of the region with respect to the most important indices — climate and water quality.
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It is necessary to continue monitoring the aquatic and land ecosystems for 10–15 years to accumulate a data bank on the effect of the hydropower complex on the environment.
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 4, pp. 3–9, April, 1994.
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Stafievskii, V.A., Romov, L.Y. Effect of the Sayano-Shushenskoe hydropower complex on the environment. Hydrotechnical Construction 28, 192–199 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01545052
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01545052