Fish passage in a western Iowa stream modified by grade control structures

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1384-1397

  Litvan, Mary E ^a,c   Pierce, Clay L ^a   Stewart, Timothy W ^a   Larson, Chris J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; STREAMFLOW; TELEOST;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; TURKEY CREEK; UNITED STATES;

AMEIURUS MELAS; AMEIURUS NATALIS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; SEMOTILUS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS;

EID: 56549119341     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M07-097.1     Document Type: Article

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