Fish Use of a Borland-Type Fish Lock in an Iberian River

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Francisco N. Godinho, Paulo J. Pinheiro, Liliana Benites
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: fish lock; hydropower; migration; Iberia; Douro River; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Borland; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020178; https://doaj.org/article/7757adaef6fa4e69b5734570761f5753

Fish locks were fitted at dams to improve fish migration in Europe, but also in America and Australia. In Iberia, several dams were equipped with locks in the 1970s and 1980s, and in this study the fish use of the Borland fish lock installed in the most downstream dam in the Douro River was investig...