Assessment of trout passage through culverts in a large montana drainage during summer low flow

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 739-752

  Burford, D Drake ^a,c   McMahon, Thomas E ^a   Cahoon, Joel E ^b   Blank, Matthew ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^c Oasis Environmental   (United States)

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EID: 77955126389     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M07-175.1     Document Type: Article

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