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Barotrauma in riverine fish: pathways, tools for estimating survival, and implications for
hydropower
Richard S. Brown
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, Washington, USA
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Background
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Turbine passage guidelines are needed for many fish species
Many turbines in North America are aging and need replacing
Opportunity to improve passage survival
US Department of Energy has a goal to add turbines to existing structures
Lack of information on turbine survival is slowing
New hydro projects in many countries
A large variety of fish would pass turbines
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Hydroturbine passage – Sources of injury
Mechanical
strike
• Bruising
• Cuts
• Rupture of
blood vessels
Shear forces
• Bruising
• Cuts
• Gill damage
• Eye damage
Rapid decreases in
pressure
• Ruptured swim
bladder (bexiga
natatoria
• Eye pop
• Bubbles in fins,
gills, internal
organs
• Rupture of blood
vessels
Barotraumas
Hydroturbine passage (both large and small hydro)
All fish are exposed to pressure changes
Less likely among
small fish than
big fish
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Bear-o-trauma??
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Far Side
Barotrauma ►Damage to fish due to changes in barometric pressure
►Occurs in fish during rapid decompression
►Damage to fish when brought to the surface during angling
►Similarities to effect a diver would experience with the Bends
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On the back side of
turbine blades –
pressure as low as 0
kPa absolute
Typically ~50 kPa or
higher
We feel ~ 100 kPa
Survival estimates
70% – upper 90’s%
Barotrauma
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Pressure changes during turbine passage Cross section of a typical Columbia or Snake River dam
Pressure profile is example. Pressures vary for each fish.
Spike data Path of fish
0 10 20 30 40
Time (s)
Forebay Penstock Turbine Draft tube Tailrace
Spike data Path of fish
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Putting pressure change into context
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~28 kPa or ~4psi
~400 kPa or ~58psi (~30m depth)
~150 kPa or ~21 psi
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Causes of barotrauma: Henry vs Boyle
Gas coming out of solution blood (governed by Henry’s
law)
■ Example: bubbles coming out of soda
Water cannot hold gas when pressure is reduced to 0 kPa
Similarities to the Bends but divers breath compressed gas
Expansion of existing gas (governed by Boyle’s law)
■ Example: balloon expanding when pressure decreases
■ The swim bladder is similar to a balloon in a fish
swim bladder (bexiga natatoria) of a
Juvenile Chinook salmon
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Pre
ssure
breathing
compressed
gas
gas comes
out of
suspension
as pressure
decreases
free diver
not breathing
compressed
gas
no gas comes
out of
suspension
as pressure
decreases
when surfacing
salmon not
taking in
compressed
gas
gas comes out of
suspension as
pressure
decreases closer
to 0 psia
blood becomes
supersaturated
more gas comes
out of
suspension
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Open swim bladder
Physostome
Closed swim bladder
Physoclist
No swim bladder
Pressure related injury varies with type of fish
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Swim bladder Swim bladder opening
(pneumatic duct)
The swim bladder (bexiga natatoria) is used to regulate buoyancy
Fish with an open swim bladder (physostome) have a duct that
controls gas
Fish with a closed swim bladder (physoclist) regulate using gas
from blood
■ They have a rete or bed of blood vessels to exchange gas (but physostomes
may too)
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Open swim bladder
Physostome
Closed swim bladder
Physoclist
No swim bladder
young fish pneumatic duct vary from older fish
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Boyle’s Law effects swim bladder volume
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Gul
ping
Descending
Neutral Buoyancy
Surface
Sw
im b
ladd
er vo
lum
e
Dep
th a
nd
pre
ssu
re
Pressure1 Volume1= Pressure2 Volume2
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Expansion of gas
Boyles law – every 1/2 pressure = 2 X volume
The ratio of pressure change is important
not the absolute pressure change
Pressure1 * Volume1= Pressure2 *Volume2
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Spike data Path of fish
0 10 20 30 40
Time (s)
Forebay Penstock Turbine Draft tube Tailrace
Spike data Path of fish
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Acclimation depth effects barotrauma during turbine passage
Spike data Path of fish
0 10 20 30 40
Time (s)
Forebay Penstock Turbine Draft tube Tailrace
20 kPa
Spike data Path of fish
420
350
280
210
140
70
0
Ab
solu
te p
ress
ure
(k
Pa
)
4 m
140 kPa
8 m
180 kPa 700%
increase
900%
increase
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Common injuries due to pressure decrease
Bubbles in eyes, fins and gills
Ruptured swim bladder
Stomach pushed out of mouth by swim bladder
Exopthalmia
Exopthalmia (eye pop) and
ruptured blood vessels
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Mobile Aquatic
Barotrauma Laboratory
(MABL)
Laboratory testing
For details see Stephenson et al. 2010. Fisheries Research
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Determining relationship between pressure change and fish damage
► Hyper/Hypobaric chamber capable
380 to < 10 kPa in < 0.25 sec
► Large numbers of juvenile Chinook
salmon exposed (5713)
► Fish acclimated to a wide range of
pressures pressure (115-175 kPa)
► Fish exposed to a wide range of
pressures (continuous from ~20-80
kPa)
► Wide range of fish size and condition
► Total dissolved gas 105-125
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Relationship between pressure change and fish mortal injury
Example:
Fish going from
5 m (~150 kPa)
to 50 kPa in turbine
Has ratio pressure change
of 3 (150/50=3)
Brown et al. 2012a. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
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Causes of barotrauma: Henry vs. Boyle
Gas coming out of solution (governed by Henry’s law)
■ Example: bubbles coming out of suspension in soda
Water cannot hold gas when pressure is reduced to 0 kPa
Similarities to the Bends
Expansion of existing gas (governed by Boyle’s law)
■ Example: balloon expanding when pressure decreases
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Fish with less gas in their swim bladder experience lower mortality
Stephenson et al. 2010. Fisheries Research 106:271-278
Neutrally Buoyant
Negatively Buoyant
0 34.5 68.9 103.4
Nadir (kPa) Nadir (kPa)
0 34.5 68.9 103.4
0
20
40
60
80
100
0
20
40
60
80
100
Sw
im b
lad
der
ru
ptu
re (%
)(a)
(b)
Mo
rtal
ity (
%)
(c)
Inte
rnal
hem
orr
hag
ing
(%) (d)
Gill
em
bo
li (%
)M
ort
ality
(%
)
0 35 69 103
Lowest pressure (kPa)
Neutrally buoyant
Negatively buoyant
More gas
Less gas
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Rupturing of the swim bladder (bexiga natatoria) plays an important role for salmonids
Emboli more likely among
fish with a ruptured bexiga
natatoria
Brown et al. 2012b Fisheries Research
Exopthalmia and hemorrhaging
more common with ruptured bexiga
natatoria
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Rapid decompression: gas from ruptured swim bladder and expulsion through the pneumatic duct
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X-rays of salmon show channels of bubbles leading from ruptured swim bladder
Gas from swim bladder bursting
blood vessels, popping eyes out,
pushing bubbles into vessels
Brown et al. 2012b Fisheries Research
Light colored areas indicate gas
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Bubbles from gas in swim bladder visible in fins
A A
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Force of swim bladder rupture
Work conducted in 2005 examining damage due to transmitter presence
Juvenile Chinook salmon decompressed from 161 to 11 kPa
Ratio pressure change of 14.6; LRP 2.7
Transmitter expelled from stomach at a velocity of 4.5 m/s
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Slow vs rapid decompression in salmon
When decreased slowly to 14 kPa and then returned to surface
■ No mortality
■ Salmon expel gas from swim bladder / no rupture
Brown et al. 2012b Fisheries Research
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Slow decompression: gas expulsion through the pneumatic duct
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Rapid decompression in salmon leads to mortality
When decreased slowly to 14 kPa and then returned to surface
■ No mortality
■ Salmon expel gas from swim bladder / no rupture
When decompressed rapidly, the swim bladder ruptures
■ Injury and mortality
■ Variable amount of gas expelled from swim bladder (fish expelling
more gas are likely to have less injury)
Brown et al. 2012b. Fisheries Research
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High variability likely due to gas expulsion from swim bladder during decompression
Brown et al. 2012a. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Fish that did not expel
gas from swim bladder:
swim bladder ruptured
Fish that did expel
gas from swim bladder
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Gas coming out of blood not likely cause of
injury during turbine passage
Fish slowly decompressed to low pressure (no ruptured SB)
Salmon died after a median of 3 min (range 2.2-7.0) at 14 kPa
Lamprey (have no swim bladder) uninjured after 17 minutes at low
pressure
Lamprey are primitive and have a unique respiratory system
Swim bladder expansion and rupture important
Need to know how much gas in fish when approaching turbines
Colotelo et al. 2012. Fisheries Research
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
Mo
rta
lly
In
jure
d (
%)
Ratio Pressure Change
Juvenile Chinook
Acc: 5m (150 kPa)
Nadir: 50 kPa
RPC: 3 (150/50=3)
Burbot
Acc: 40m (400 kPa)
Nadir: 50 kPa
RPC: 8 (400/50=8)
Mortal injury: dead or have injuries statistically
shown to be likely to lead to death Pflugrath et al. 2012 Transactions of the
American Fisheries Soc.
Acclimation pressure / lowest exposure pressure
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Barotrauma susceptibility index – how to prioritize work in US, SE Asia……. – more research needed
Amount of undissolved gas in the body
Swim bladder morphology, rete activity level, pneumatic duct
The pressure exposure
Acclimation depth, exposure pressure, ratio pressure change and rate of ratio pressure change
Life history
Migratory, larval drift
Structural integrity
Low for small fish Screens can be used but not on larvae
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Hybrid huso x amur sturgeon
Photo by Dr. Gao,
China Three Gorges Corporation
Chinese Sturgeon Institute
white sturgeon
Photo by Jason McLellan,
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
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Will fish with closed swim bladders be different than fish with open swim bladders?
Brown et al. 2012a. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Fish that did not expel
gas from swim bladder:
swim bladder ruptured
Fish that did expel
gas from swim bladder
Possibly much lower numbers of fish needed for testing
Physoclists???
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Success story
Turbine replacement at Ice Harbor Dam
Barotrauma data from PNNL
Turbine design by Voith
New turbines with lowest pressure ~15psia (surface
pressure)
Doing tests now with new externally attached neutrally
buoyant transmitter
Bias from internal implants
Carlson et al 2012, TAFS
Post replacement tests
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Bias in survival estimates of turbine passed fish
Main tools are balloon tags, acoustic or radio telemetry, lab studies
Balloon tags may provide a good indication of likelihood of strike or damage due to shear
Studies have not included acclimated fish
Estimates of survival likely lower than acclimated fish
Similar problems with some lab studies
Fish internally implanted with transmitters have higher likelihood of barotrauma than untagged fish
Carlson et al 2012, TAFS
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Laboratory testing with fish
~11,000 fish exposed
Wide range of pressure change
Wide range of fish size
Wide range of tag burden
JSATS Juvenile Salmon Acoustic
Telemetry System……
….not just for salmon
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Implanted transmitters lead to bias in survival estimates through turbines
Ratio pressure change (ln)
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Pro
ba
bilit
y o
f m
ort
al in
jury
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Tag Burden = 0.0
Tag Burden = 2.0
Tag Burden = 3.5
Tag Burden = 5.0
Tag Burden = 7.0
Ratio pressure change
1 2.7 7.4 20.1
20%
Ratio pressure change (ln)
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Pro
ba
bilit
y o
f m
ort
al in
jury
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Tag Burden = 0.0
Tag Burden = 2.0
Tag Burden = 3.5
Tag Burden = 5.0
Tag Burden = 7.0
Ratio pressure change
1 2.7 7.4 20.1
20%
46%
Ratio pressure change (ln)
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Pro
ba
bilit
y o
f m
ort
al in
jury
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Tag Burden = 0.0
Tag Burden = 2.0
Tag Burden = 3.5
Tag Burden = 5.0
Tag Burden = 7.0
Ratio pressure change
1 2.7 7.4 20.1
20%
46%
68%
Ratio pressure change (ln)
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Pro
ba
bilit
y o
f m
ort
al in
jury
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Tag Burden = 0.0
Tag Burden = 2.0
Tag Burden = 3.5
Tag Burden = 5.0
Tag Burden = 7.0
Ratio pressure change
1 2.7 7.4 20.1
20%
46%
68%
84%
Ratio pressure change (ln)
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Pro
ba
bilit
y o
f m
ort
al in
jury
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Tag Burden = 0.0
Tag Burden = 2.0
Tag Burden = 3.5
Tag Burden = 5.0
Tag Burden = 7.0
Ratio pressure change
1 2.7 7.4 20.1
20%
46%
68%
84%
95%
Ratio pressure change =
Acclimation pressure
Nadir pressure
5 m = 150 kPa
Nadir = 50 kPa
Ratio pressure change = 150 kPa = 3 50 kPa
Bias high in middle of range – low on
either end of range 27 g fish (0.53g PIT and JSATS) 11g fish
8g fish
Accuracy is important for entities with regulatory limits
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Tag excess mass increases swim bladder volume
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Tag bias likely
Tag bias is likely present
Higher bias with larger tags / tag burden
Suggest using smallest tag - new downsized JSATS tag
Higher bias with mid-range pressure changes
Previous research likely underestimated survival
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Neutrally buoyant external tag
Deng et al. 2012. Fisheries Research
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Tag design
Relatively short life span
Survival through a single powerhouse
Engineering team at PNNL examined
CAD Model
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Neutrally buoyant external tag – lab testing
►Low tissue response
► Injuries when exposed to shear were similar to untagged fish
►Swimming performance similar to internally tagged fish
►Likelihood of predation similar to untagged fish
►Likelihood of barotrauma similar to untagged fish
Deng et al. 2012 Fisheries Research
Janak et al. in press Transactions of the American Fisheries Soc.
Brown et al. 2012c J. Renewable and Sustainable Energy
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Neutrally buoyant external transmitter Field testing of survival– currently underway
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Top down view
►Compare internal implants to
externally tagged fish
►Compare exposed to unexposed
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Other new technological advances at PNNL
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Sensor fish is being downsized by Daniel Deng
Used to measure pressure, shear and
turbulence
Data can be used for lab research
JSATS tags (current on right; 0.3g)
Are being downsized (estimated ~0.2g)
and injectable
PNNL researchers downsizing battery,
transducer and other components
Specialized for work around hydro dams
including very accurate 3D
For more info on JSATS
McMichael et al. 2010. Fisheries
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Cooperation is the key to rapid advancement
Many species to study
Species with diverse traits and life history
Swim bladder structure
Variable ability to add gas to swim bladder from blood
Structural integrity
Science can advance faster with cooperation
Work to minimize impacts to fish
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Acknowledgments
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland and Walla Walla Districts
Symbiotics LLC
Staff of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Staff of the Columbia Basin Research, School of Aquatic Resources, University of Washington,
The USACE Turbine Survival Technical Team
Staff of New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
CEMIG
Photo of PNNL Barotrauma
Researcher John Stephenson
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