Effects of a surface oriented travelling screen and water abstraction practices on downstream migrating Salmonidae smolts in a lowland stream

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-361

  Svendsen, Jon C ^a,b   Aarestrup, Kim ^a   Deacon, Michael G ^c   Christensen, Rune H B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Section for Nature Conservation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Fish farming; Fish passage; Management; Salmonids; Survival; Vertical positioning; Weir

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISCHARGE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; SALMONID; SMOLT; STREAMWATER; SURVIVAL; TRAP FISHING;

ONCORHYNCHUS; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77149147117     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1261     Document Type: Article

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