Assessment of a retrofitted downstream fish bypass system for wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts and kelts at a hydroelectric facility on the Exploits River, Newfoundland, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-169

  Scruton, D A ^a   Pennell, C J ^a   Bourgeois, C E ^a   Goosney, R F ^a   Porter, T R ^a   Clarke, K D ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Bypasses; Downstream migration; Fish passage; Fish telemetry; Hydroelectric developments; Smolt

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MARINE BIOLOGY; RIVERS; TURBINES;

ATLANTIC SALMON; DOWNSTREAM MIGRATION; FISH PASSAGE; FISH TELEMETRY; HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENTS; SMOLT;

FISH;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOTELEMETRY; ENTRAINMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHPASS STRUCTURE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; RESIDENCE TIME; SALMONID FISHERY; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; TAGGING; TURBINE;

CANADA; EXPLOITS RIVER; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33947624977     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0557-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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