Fish entrainment into irrigation canals: An analytical approach and application to the Bow River, Alberta, Canada

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 875-887

  Post, John R ^a   Van Poorten, Brett T ^a   Rhodes, Trevor ^b   Askey, Paul ^a   Paul, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANAL; ENTRAINMENT; IRRIGATION; MORTALITY; SALMONID;

ALBERTA; BOW RIVER; CANADA; CARSELAND CANAL; NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROSOPIUM WILLIAMSONI; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 34247242153     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M05-047.1     Document Type: Article

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