Behavior and survival of fish migrating downstream in regulated rivers

• Main Author: Ferguson, John
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Piteälven; Sikfors; Atlantic salmon; Northern Sweden; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/413/; https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/413/1/Fergusson_J_081003.pdf

Dams present obstacles to fish migrating between freshwater and marine habitats. This thesis evaluated downstream migrations of fish in five rivers in Sweden and North America, four of which were regulated (i.e., dammed). It focused on species from the subfamily Salmoninae and addressed the followin...