Effects of a low-head dam and water abstraction on migratory tropical stream biota

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 656-668

  Benstead, Jonathan P ^a   March, James G ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^a   Scatena, Frederick N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphidromy; Dams; Entrainment; Freshwater shrimps; Migration; Mitigation; Modeling; Puerto Rico; Stream regulation; Tropical rivers; Water abstraction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DAM; MIGRATION; MORTALITY;

EID: 0033135293     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0656:EOALHD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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