Fish passage effectiveness of recently constructed road crossing culverts in the Puget Sound region of Washington State

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1110-1125

  Price, David M ^a   Quinn, Timothy ^a   Barnard, Robert J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CULVERT; HABITAT RESTORATION; SALMONID; STREAM;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 79960804927     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M10-004.1     Document Type: Article

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