Upstream swimming performance of adult white sturgeon: Effects of partial baffles and a ramp

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 402-408

  Webber, Jason D ^a,b   Chun, Stephanie N ^b   MacColl, Teresa R ^b   Mirise, Leslie T ^b   Kawabata, Ayako ^b   Anderson, Emily K ^c   Tae, Sung Cheong ^c   Kavvas, Lev ^c   Rotondo, Maureen McGee ^d   Hochgraf, Karen L ^d   Churchwell, Roger ^d   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREAMWATER; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TELEOST; VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES; YOLO BYPASS;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 34247191486     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-064.1     Document Type: Article

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