Migration delays caused by anthropogenic barriers: Modeling dams, temperature, and success of migrating salmon smolts

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3014-3031

  Marschall, Elizabeth A ^a   Mather, Martha E ^b,e   Parrish, Donna L ^c   Allison, Gary W ^a   McMenemy, James R ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Connecticut River; Current speed; Dams; Migration; Migration barriers; Migration delay; Movement barriers; River temperature; Salmo salar; Smolts; USA

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COOL WATER; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RIVER WATER; SALMONID; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CONNECTICUT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84555205662     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0593.1     Document Type: Article

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