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Modeling the Influences of Weir on Habitat Condition in Da-Han River, Taiwan WEN Po-Wen1, MAO Chen-Tai1, WU Ray-Shyan1 1 Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan ABSTRACT: In this study the relationship between hydraulic conditions and ecological habitats is discussed and compared with the use of habitat quantization assessment technology. This is done by selecting Acrossocheilus paradoxus as target species and using a hydraulic model HES-RAS and a habitat model RHABSIM to calculate the ecological instream flow of the habitat in several cases of weir construction proposed in Da-Han River, Taiwan. The influences in habitat condition are quantified with “weighted usable area” (WUA). The habitat condition is improved by introducing weirs in the river. Furthermore, a series of low-weirs generally provide better habitat condition than a high-weir instead. INTRODUCTION Under the consideration of water supply and flood mediation, many hydraulic structures were constructed in Taiwan to protect people’s lives and property. However, these structures may cause low flow condition and result in inadequate instream flow for supporting the species in the rivers. From the ecological perspective, rivers provide much more than what human beings need. Recently, there are many habitat flow analyzes methods developed for the rising needs of hydraulic engineering for quantifying environmental considerations. It is important to know how low level water flow influences the distribution of fish’s survival spaces. Hydraulic model HES-RAS 3.0 and habitat model RHABSIM 2.2 are used in this study to calculate the ecological instream flow, and then to analyze the relationship between the instream flow and the distribution of fish’s survival space. Moreover, for the goal of understanding how and what kinds of the effective distribution of fish’s survival space for a given low flow condition, different flows of Da-Han River were studied. Furth