Improving the upstream passage of two galaxiid fish species through a pipe culvert

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Macdonald, Jed I ^a,b   Davies, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baffle; Culvert; Diadromous; Fish passage; Galaxias; Restoration

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULVERT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT TYPE;

GALAXIAS; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIAS TRUTTACEUS; GALAXIIDAE;

EID: 34248650451     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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