Potential effects of dams on migratory fish in the Mekong River: Lessons from salmon in the fraser and Columbia Rivers

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-159

  Ferguson, John W ^d   Healey, Michael ^a   Dugan, Patrick ^b   Barlow, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^c Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Dams; Fish passage; Fisheries; Migratory fish; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION; COLUMBIA RIVER; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; FISH PASSAGE; FISH PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FRASER RIVER; MEKONG RIVER; MIGRATORY FISHES; MITIGATION; NORTH AMERICAN; PACIFIC SALMON; PHYSICAL FEATURES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

FISH; FISHERIES; FISHWAYS; FOOD SUPPLY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

DESIGN;

CONSERVATION STATUS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HATCHERY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SALMON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; WATER SUPPLY; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FISHERIES; FISHES; NORTH AMERICA; RIVERS; SALMON; WATER SUPPLY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COLUMBIA RIVER; FRASER RIVER; MEKONG RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 79151477977     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9563-6     Document Type: Article

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