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The impacts of river regulation on downstream habitats have received frequent study, and good reviews are given in Ward (1982), Armitage (1984) and Décamps (1984). The impacts of hydro-developments that include a reservoir are well known, however, little attention has been given to projects that lack a reservoir; situations in which only the flow rate has been modified. This paper deals with a comparison of the macroinvertebrate fauna in the up- and downstream sections of the Rhône River, close to Lyon (France), where only the flow rate has been modified.
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Gaschignard, O., Berly, A. (1987). Impact of Large Discharge Fluctuations on the Macroinvertebrate Populations Downstream of a Dam. In: Craig, J.F., Kemper, J.B. (eds) Regulated Streams. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5392-8_10
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