A test of the cumulative effect of river weirs on downstream migration success, speed and mortality of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) smolts: An empirical study

• Published in: Ecology of Freshwater Fish
• Main Authors: Newton, Matthew, Barry, James, Dodd, Jennifer A., Lucas, Martyn C., Boylan, Patrick, Adams, Colin E.
• Other Authors: INTERREG IVA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Low Head; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eff.12441; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Feff.12441; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eff.12441; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/eff.12441

Abstract This study investigated the cumulative impact of weirs on the downstream migration of wild Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) smolts in the River Foyle, Northern Ireland. In spring of 2013 fish were released in two tributaries of similar length; one tributary (impacted) had seven low‐head weir...