The behavioural response of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) to experimental hydropeaking on a Newfoundland (Canada) River

River Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 577-587

  Scruton, D A ^a   Ollerhead, L M N ^a   Clarke, K D ^a   Pennell, C ^a   Alfredsen, K ^b   Harby, A ^c   Kelley, D ^d  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Behaviour; Brook trout; Hydropeaking; Movements; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; JUVENILE; SALMONID;

CANADA;

FONTINALIS; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0242286184     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.733     Document Type: Article

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