Assessing upstream fish passage connectivity with network analysis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1396-1409

  Kyle McKay, S ^a   Schramski, John R ^b   Conyngham, Jock N ^a   Craig Fischenich, J ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects; Dam removal; Fish passage; Graph theory; Habitat connectivity index for upstream passage; Truckee River, Nevada, USA

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONNECTIVITY; DAM REMOVAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEVADA; WATER MOVEMENTS;

TRUCKEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884246961     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1564.1     Document Type: Article

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