Robert Michael Boes

Field monitoring and modelling of sediment transport, hydraulics and hydro-abrasion at the Mud Mountain Sediment Bypass Tunnel in the USA

Sediment Bypass Tunnels (SBTs) reduce or even stop reservoir sedimentation by routing sediment-laden flows around reservoirs, mainly in mountainous regions with gravel bed rivers. High sediment loads and flow velocities can cause hydro-abrasion on SBT inverts, leading to costly m...

Salmonids elicit an acute behavioral response to heterothermal environments

Abstract Most fish species are ectothermic and rely on behavioral strategies to control their body temperature in heterothermal environments. Both thermotaxis and thermokinesis have been suggested as important underlying mechanisms. However, to what extent these behaviors allow f...