Barriers to fish passage and barriers to fish passage assessments: The impact of assessment methods and assumptions on barrier identification and quantification of watershed connectivity

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-403

  Bourne, Christina M ^a,c   Kehler, Dan G ^b   Wiersma, Yolanda F ^a   Cote, David ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barrier assessment; Connectivity; Dendritic connectivity index; Passability; Salmonids

Indexed keywords

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); BODY SIZE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTIVITY; CULVERT; DAM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; TERRA NOVA NATIONAL PARK;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79960740582     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-011-9362-z     Document Type: Article

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