Fish ladders: safe fish passage or hotspot for predation?

Fish ladders are a strategy for conserving biodiversity, as they can provide connectivity between fragmented habitats and reduce predation on shoals that accumulate immediately below dams. Although the impact of predation downstream of reservoirs has been investigated, especially in juvenile salmoni...

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Main Authors: Angelo Antonio Agostinho, Carlos Sergio Agostinho, Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Elineide Eugênio Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
Subjects:
Dam
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252012000400001&lng=en&tlng=en