Evaluation of strobe lights to reduce turbine entrainment of juvenile steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) at Cowlitz Falls Dam, Washington

Northwest Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Kock, Tobias J ^a   Evans, Scott D ^a   Liedtke, Theresa L ^a   Rondorf, Dennis W ^a   Kohn, Mike ^b  

^a WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Cowlitz Falls Project ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; JUVENILE; LIGHT EFFECT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESIDENCE TIME; SALMONID; TAGGING; TORPOR; TURBINE;

COWLITZ FALLS DAM; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77953708303     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.083.0402     Document Type: Article

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