Abstract
Regulation of water flow constitutes the most important hydromorphological burden to Finnish lakes. The total area of regulated lakes is nearly 11,000 km2, equalling one-third of the total area of Finnish inland waters. Extensive research projects have been carried out since the end of the 1980s to find out opportunities to mitigate harmful effects of the regulation of watercourses. A water-level fluctuation analysis tool, known as Regcel, has been developed to study water level data and to identify the most significant impacts. Results of the Regcel analysis give an overall picture of the impact of lake regulation in northern climate. The model is based on relationships between the water-level fluctuation and factors related to environmental, social and economical effects. Regcel has been used in 12 Lake Regulation Development Projects in Finland. In this article, we show how the Regcel model was applied in two cases.
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Keto, A., Tarvainen, A., Marttunen, M., Hellsten, S. (2008). Use of the water-level fluctuation analysis tool (Regcel) in hydrological status assessment of finnish lakes. In: Wantzen, K.M., Rothhaupt, KO., Mörtl, M., Cantonati, M., -Tóth, L.G., Fischer, P. (eds) Ecological Effects of Water-Level Fluctuations in Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 204. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9192-6_13
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