Connectivity is a two-way street-the need for a holistic approach to fish passage problems in regulated rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1268-1286

  Calles, O ^a,b   Greenberg, L ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attraction efficiency; Brown trout; Connectivity; Holism; Nature like fishway; Regulated river; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND; SPAWNING POPULATION; TELEMETRY;

ELAGATIS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77951152522     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1228     Document Type: Article

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