Conventional and EMG telemetry studies of upstream migration and tailrace attraction of adult Atlantic salmon at a hydroelectric installation on the Exploits River, Newfoundland, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-79

  Scruton, D A ^a   Booth, R K ^b   Pennell, C J ^a   Cubitt, F ^c   McKinley, R S ^c   Clarke, K D ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Lotek Wireless   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Electromyogram telemetry; Energetics; Hydroelectric development; Migration; Tailrace attraction

Indexed keywords

FISH; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RIVERS; TELEMETERING; TURBINES;

ATLANTIC SALMON; ELECTROMYOGRAM TELEMETRY; HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT; TAILRACE ATTRACTION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

BIOENERGETICS; BIOTELEMETRY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; RESIDENCE TIME; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

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

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33947669299     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0558-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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