Non-salmonids in a salmonid fishway: What do 50 years of data tell us about past and future fish passage?

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 319-332

  Mallen Cooper, Martin ^a,b   Brand, D A ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Fishway Consulting Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fish passage; Fishways; Migration; Non salmonids; Potamodromous

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION; NATIVE SPECIES; SALMONID; TRAPPING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CRUSTACEA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34548533530     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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