Combining turbine blade-strike and life cycle models to assess mitigation strategies for fish passing dams

Authors :: Ferguson, John W.
Ploskey, Gene R.
Leonardsson, Kjell
Zabel, Richard W.
Lundqvist, Hans
Source :: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. August, 2008, Vol. 65 Issue 8, p1568, 18 p.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Abstract: The combined model produced a tool for evaluating effects on fish populations from passage through hydro-power turbines at dams. Mean blade-strike mortality was higher for adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo [...]

Subjects :: Fish populations -- Evaluation
Mortality -- Sweden
Mortality -- Evaluation
Atlantic salmon -- Distribution
Brown trout -- Distribution
Company distribution practices
Earth sciences

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