Seasonal response of juvenile Atlantic salmon to experimental hydropeaking power generation in Newfoundland, Canada

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 964-974

  Scruton, D A ^a   Pennell, C J ^a   Robertson, M J ^a   Ollerhead, L M N ^a   Clarke, K D ^a   Alfredsen, K ^b   Harby Sintef, A ^c   McKinley, R S ^d  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MOVEMENT; SALMONID;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 23844517684     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-133.1     Document Type: Article

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