Effectiveness of fish screens to prevent entrainment of westslope cutthroat trout into irrigation canals

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1541-1553

  Gale, Steven B ^a,c   Zale, Alexander V ^a   Clancy, Christopher G ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CANAL; ENTRAINMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SALMONID; TELEMETRY;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; SKALKAHO CREEK; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 56549113053     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M07-096.1     Document Type: Article

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