Field evaluation of a sound system to reduce estuarine fish intake rates at a power plant cooling water inlet

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 938-946

  Maes, J ^a   Turnpenny, A W H ^b   Lambert, D R ^b   Nedwell, J R ^b   Parmentier, A ^c   Ollevier, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Mar and Freshw Biology Unit Fawley   (United Kingdom)

^c Kerncentrale Doel   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acoustic fish deterrent; Clupea harengus; Cooling water intake; Low frequency sound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; COOLING WATER; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; POWER PLANT; REPELLENT;

CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIFORMES; LAMPETRA; LAMPETRA FLUVIATILIS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PISCES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 1942489668     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2004.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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