Elian Lüthy awarded the Culmann Fonds Award 2021 for her Master thesis on fish larvae and hydropeaking

Congratulations to Elian that has been granted the Culmann Fonds Award 2021 from ETH for her outstanding Master thesis entitled: “What are the Pathways? A method to assess habitat shifts for larvae during hydropeaking”. In this study, Elian developed a novel tool for modelling spatial and temporal shifts in suitable habitats for Brown trout larvae during hydropeaking events. This tool can serve as a complementary approach to the set of hydrological and ecological indicators available in the Swiss guidelines for hydropeaking mitigation. Elian’s work was developed in partnership with Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO), a Swiss hydropower company that has contributed to developing mitigation measures for hydropeaking impacts.