Impacts of a weir and power station on downstream migrating Atlantic salmon smolts in a German river

• Main Authors: Havn, Torgeir B., Thorstad, Eva B., Borcherding, Jost, Heermann, Lisa, Teichert, Maxim A. K., Ingendahl, Detlev, Tambets, Meelis, Saether, Stein Are, Okland, Finn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: WILEY 2020
• Subjects: ddc:no; Weir; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/33181/

Weirs are barriers built across rivers for a wide range of other purposes than hydropower production. Like hydropower installations, weirs can negatively impact fish migrations. Downstream migration and mortality of Atlantic salmon smolts were studied during passage of a weir and power station by ta...