Mitigating the effects of high-head dams on the Columbia River, USA: Experience from the trenches

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 609, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 241-251

  Williams, John G ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Freshwater ecosystems; Mitigation; Salmon

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FISH; FISHWAYS; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TURBINES;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; BILLION (CO); BUSINESS MEDIA; COLUMBIA RIVER; CONSTANT FLOW; ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES; FISH PASSAGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS; MITIGATION STRATEGIES; NATURAL FLOW; SNAKE RIVER; SPRINGER (CO); STORAGE RESERVOIRS; WATER ABSTRACTION;

DAMS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOW REGULATION; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; MITIGATION; SALMONID; SMOLT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45749114934     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9411-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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