<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The economic importance of micro hydro power plants is obvious around the world and the development trend will continue well into the future.Unfortunately the effects on the local lotic systems habitats and biocoenosis are not studied, and in some cases or are known only to a small degree.A variety of taxa were identified in the study case areas as being significantly affected by the micro hydro power plants: macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and fish.</abstract>

The economic importance of micro hydro power plants is obvious around the world and the development trend will continue well into the future.Unfortunately the effects on the local lotic systems habitats and biocoenosis are not studied, and in some cases or are known only to a small degree.A variety of taxa were identified in the study case areas as being significantly affected by the micro hydro power plants: macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and fish.

Environmental Aspects of Implementation of Micro Hydro Power Plants – A Short Review

University Sains Malaysia, School of Biological Sciences, MY-11800 Minden Penang

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The economic importance of micro hydro power plants is obvious around the world and the development trend will continue well into the future.Unfortunately the...

Environmental Aspects of Implementation of Micro Hydro Power Plants – A Short Review

Published Online: Jan 30, 2017

Page range: 179 - 198

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0074

Keywords
micro hydro power plants, economy, ecology

© 2015 Angela Curtean-Bănăduc et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Environmental Aspects of Implementation of Micro Hydro Power Plants – A Short Review

Published Online: Jan 30, 2017

Page range: 179 - 198

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0074

Keywordsmicro hydro power plants, economy, ecology

© 2015 Angela Curtean-Bănăduc et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
micro hydro power plants, economy, ecology