Long-term effects of hydropower installations and associated river regulation on River Shannon eel populations: Mitigation and management

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 609, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-124

  McCarthy, T K ^a   Frankiewicz, P ^b   Cullen, P ^a   Blaszkowski, M ^a   O'Connor, W ^a   Doherty, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c NSE NWA   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Flow regulation; Hydroelectric dam; Migration barriers; Migration patterns

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; FACILITIES; FISHERIES; FLOOD CONTROL; GLASS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INSTALLATION; MAGNETISM; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POWER GENERATION; PRECIOUS METALS; RADAR STATIONS; RIVERS; SILVER; SURVEYS;

ANNUAL SURVEYS; BUSINESS MEDIA; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWING PHASE; HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES; HYDROELECTRICITY GENERATION; IN ORDER; IRELAND; LONG TERM EFFECTS; MIGRATORY PATTERNS; POWER STATIONS; RIVER REGULATION; RIVER SYSTEMS; SPRINGER (CO); STOCK LEVELS; WATER ABSTRACTION;

AQUACULTURE;

DAM; EEL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; JUVENILE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIGRATION; MITIGATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; SHANNON RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 45749141621     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9395-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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