Facilitation of upstream passage for juveniles of a weakly swimming migratory galaxiid

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Doehring, K ^a,b   Young, R G ^b   McIntosh, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

angle; fish ramp; nanga; migration; passage; swimming velocity; whitebait

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FACILITATION; FISH; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; STREAM; SUBSTRATE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIIDAE;

EID: 84865975716     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2011.639787     Document Type: Article

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