Corner and sloped culvert baffles improve the upstream passage of adult European eels (Anguilla anguilla)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 752-759

  Newbold, L R ^a   Karageorgopoulos, P ^b   Kemp, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguilliforms; Fish passage; Hydrodynamics; River restoration; Waterway crossings

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMS; EUROPEAN EEL; FISH PASSAGE; RIVER RESTORATION;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

DESIGN METHOD; EEL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; MOVEMENT; STREAMFLOW; WATER DEPTH;

EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 84908575021     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.076     Document Type: Article

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