Size-dependent mortality of migratory silver eels at a hydropower plant, and implications for escapement to the sea

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2167-2180

  Calles, O ^a,b   Olsson, I C ^a   Comoglio, C ^b   Kemp, P S ^c   Blunden, L ^c   Schmitz, M ^a   Greenberg, L A ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Catch data; Passage success; Rack impingement; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 77956256135     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02459.x     Document Type: Article

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