Migration of silver American eels past a hydroelectric dam and through a coastal zone

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 393-400

  Carr, Jonathan W ^a   Whoriskey, F G ^a  

^a Atlantic Salmon Federation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anguilla rostrata; Coastal zone; Freshwater impoundment; Migration; Silver eel; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DAM; EEL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; IMPOUNDMENT; MIGRATION; TAGGING; TELEMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; MAGAGUADAVIC RIVER; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 54949126318     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00627.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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