Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss energetic responsesto pulsed flows in the American River, California, assessed by electromyogram telemetry

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-41

  Cocherell, Sarah A ^a   Cocherell, Dennis E ^a   Jones, Gardner J ^a,b   Miranda, Javier B ^a,b   Thompson, Lisa C ^a   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^a   Klimley, A Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

American river; Electromyogram; Hydroelectric; Pulsed flows; Radio telemetry; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; BIOTELEMETRY; DATA SET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POWER GENERATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SENSOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

AMERICAN RIVER; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 78650030822     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9714-x     Document Type: Article

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