Title

Effect of water velocity on passage of salmonids in a transportation channel

Authors

J R. Gauley

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

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