Survival of Juvenile Salmonids Passing through Bypass Systems, Turbines, and Spillways with and without Flow Deflectors at Snake River Dams

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 135-146

  Muir, William D ^a   Smith, Steven G ^a   Williams, John G ^a   Sandford, Benjamin P ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYPASS; DAM; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; SALMONID; SPILLWAY; SURVIVAL; TURBINE;

UNITED STATES;

ANSER SP.; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0035724260     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2001)021<0135:SOJSPT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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