Quantification of new methods, behaviour and hydrodynamics for improving fish passage at anthropogenic barriers

• Main Author: Kerr, James Robert
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Weir; Anguilla anguilla; European eel
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/389736/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/389736/1/Kerr%252C%2520J.R.%2520Thesis%2520FINAL.pdf

Fish passes, which are designed to promote the free passage of fish past riverine obstructions, generally perform poorly for the entire community and even target species are not able to pass as well as previously thought. This is often because: 1) Fundamental knowledge of how fish interact with the...