Suitability of Dual-frequency Identification Sonar (DIDSON) to monitor juvenile fish movement at floodgates

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-422

  Doehring, K ^a   Young, R G ^a   Hay, J ^a   Quarterman, A J ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

barriers; DIDSON; fish behaviour; fish passage; Galaxias; tide gate

Indexed keywords

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CULVERT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; SONAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

GALAXIAS; GALAXIIDAE;

EID: 80052330867     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2011.571701     Document Type: Article

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