Performance of passive integrated transponder tags and radio tags in determining dam passage behavior of adult Chinook salmon and steelhead

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 742-752

  Burke, Brian J ^a   Jepson, Michael A ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DAM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RADIO WAVE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SALMONID; TAGGING; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

BONNEVILLE DAM; COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33845453294     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M05-138.1     Document Type: Article

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