Biological effectiveness of an inexpensive nature-like fishway for passage of warmwater fish in a small Ontario stream

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 374-383

  Steffensen, S Marina ^a   Thiem, Jason D ^a   Stamplecoskie, Keith M ^a   Binder, Thomas R ^a,b   Hatry, Charles ^a   Langlois Anderson, Naomi ^c   Cooke, Steven J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION   (United States)

^c South Nation Conservation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish passage; Fishway; Migration; PIT

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONII; LUXILUS CORNUTUS; SEMOTILUS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS;

EID: 84878740722     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12032     Document Type: Article

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