Learning the ropes: Mussel spat ropes improve fish and shrimp passage through culverts

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-223

  David, Bruno O ^a   Tonkin, Jonathan D ^b,c   Taipeti, Kristopher W T ^a   Hokianga, Hayden T ^b  

^a WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^b TOI OHOMAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diadromy; Fish passage; Galaxias maculatus; Inanga; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Paratya curvirostris; Rainbow trout; Remediation; Retrofit; Velocity barrier

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CULVERT; DIADROMY; EMBANKMENT; INSTALLATION; PIPE; ROAD TRANSPORT; SALMONID; STREAMFLOW;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GALAXIAS MACULATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PARATYA CURVIROSTRIS;

EID: 84892560812     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12178     Document Type: Article

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