Hydropower is considered a green and renewable source of electricity, and the ability to store water in reservoirs enables matching electricity production minute-by-minute to variation in demand (Poff & Schmidt, 2016). However, hydropower production entails modifying rivers with large infrastructure such as dams and diversion canals. As a consequence, riverine ecosystems belong to the ecosystem types that are most degraded globally (Dudgeon et al., 2006). Freshwater is a limited resource with multiple users claiming their right to water required
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