The effects of a small hydropower scheme on the migratory behaviour of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Moore, Andy, Privitera, Lucia, Ives, Mark J., Uzyczak, Jane, Beaumont, William R. C.
• Other Authors: U.K. government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Weir; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13660; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfb.13660; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.13660

The potential effects of a hydropower scheme on the migratory behaviour of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts was studied on the River Frome, southern England. The potential delay to migration at the intake of the hydropower scheme was assessed, together with the effects of passage through the turbi...