Behaviour and passage success of upriver-migrating lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens in a vertical slot fishway on the Richelieu River, Quebec, Canada

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Thiem, J D ^a   Binder, T R ^a   Dawson, J W ^a   Dumont, P ^b   Hatin, D ^b   Katopodis, C ^c   Zhu, D Z ^d   Cooke, S J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c Katopodis Ecohydraulics Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acipenseridae; Fish passage; Fishway; Migration; Pit; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIVER ENGINEERING; SPAWNING GROUND; SPAWNING POPULATION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; RICHELIEU RIVER;

EID: 83055177015     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00360     Document Type: Article

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