Use of a flat-bed passive integrated transponder antenna array to study the migration and behaviour of lowland river fishes at a fish pass

Fisheries Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-191

  Lucas, Martyn C ^a   Mercer, Tom ^a   Armstrong, John D ^b   McGinty, Shaun ^c   Rycroft, Phillip ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UKID Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coarse fish; Fish pass; Lowland rivers; Passive integrated transponder; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MIGRATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; TAGGING;

ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LEUCISCUS LEUCISCUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 0033386059     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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