Lock gates improve passage of small-bodied fish and crustaceans in a low gradient vertical-slot fishway

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Stuart, Ivor G ^a,d   Baumgartner, L J ^b   Zampatti, B P ^c  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Kingfisher Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fish community; Fish migration; Murray River

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHPASS STRUCTURE; LOCK (HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE); MIGRATION; NATIVE SPECIES; POOL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

CRUSTACEA; PISCES;

EID: 43449137903     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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