Selective opening of hydroelectric dam spillway gates for downstream migrant eels in New Zealand

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Watene, Erina M ^a   Boubee J A T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Downstream migration; Freshwater eel; Hydroelectric dam; Spillway

Indexed keywords

DAM; EEL; MIGRATION; SPILLWAY; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 13844254901     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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