Fish have the natural behaviour to move across various aquatic ecosystems and for some species this is of vital importance. Migration is often a seasonal phenomenon which occurs in order to move between habitats, such as winter refuges-, foraging- and spawning or nursery habitats, also escaping unfavourable …

Investigate condition of water quality and quantity in the Chao River. Explore the main elements that influence the river and measures to improve the condition. The Chao river is located in Chengde, one of the headwaters of Beijing.

In this thesis it is investigated how climate change will influence transboundary water collaboration in Africa. Transboundary water basins tie all African countries together, that is why all water management is in fact transboundary water management. Due to the fact that climate change is an extreme …

The Zhanghe irrigation system (ZIS) is located in the Yangtze River Basin approximately 200 km west of Wuhan in Hubei Province. The reservoir was designed for multiple uses—irrigation, flood control, domestic water supply, industrial use, aquaculture, and hydropower. Over a period of more than 30 years …

Improving estrus detection accuracy could improve sow conception rates,leading to higher production efficiency. Current observation-based estrusdetection practices are labor intensive and less accurate. Around estrus, bodytemperature and activity change. Therefore in this study a telemetric monitoringsystem …