Title
Effect of water velocity on passage of salmonids in a transportation channel
Publication Date
1967
Keywords
channel, fish passage, salmon, salmonids, steelhead, swimming, swimming speeds, test flume, timed passage, transportation, water depth, water velocity
Journal or Book Title
Fishery Bulletin
Abstract
Passage times of fish at velocities of 1 and 2 feet per second were compared in a 4-foot wide transportation channel, with a water depth of 6 feet. The timing zone was about 100 feet long. Passage times did not differ significantly between water velocities for any one of three species: chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri), and sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). The two salmon species moved faster than steelhead trout at both water velocities.
Pages
59-63
Volume
66
Issue
1