Movement and population size of American shad near a low-head lock and dam

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 300-308

  Bailey, Michael M ^a   Isely, J Jeffery ^a   Bridges Jr , William C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DAM; FISH; FISHPASS STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION SIZE;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA;

EID: 1642313807     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/03-025     Document Type: Article

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