Modified tide gate management for enhancing instream habitat for native fish upstream of the saline limit

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-242

  Franklin, Paul A ^a   Hodges, Michelle ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c Latitude Planning   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitat; Fish migration; Fish passage; Flood gate; River connectivity; Tide gate

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; LAND USE; RIVERS;

AQUATIC HABITATS; FISH MIGRATION; FISH PASSAGE; FLOOD GATES; TIDE GATES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOOD CONTROL; HABITAT TYPE; MIGRATION; NATIVE SPECIES; OXYGEN; STREAM; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84927648602     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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