Native fish losses due to water extraction in Australian rivers: Evidence, impacts and a solution in modern fish‐and farm‐friendly screens

CA Boys, TS Rayner, LJ Baumgartner… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The diversion of water from rivers removes millions of fish from Australian waterways each
year. Modern diversion screens are available that can reduce fish losses by 90% and stop …

Informing watershed connectivity barrier prioritization decisions: a synthesis

SK McKay, AR Cooper, MW Diebel… - River research and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Water resources and transportation infrastructure such as dams and culverts provide
countless socio‐economic benefits; however, this infrastructure can also disconnect the …

On the conservation value of historic canals for aquatic ecosystems

HY Lin, SJ Cooke, C Wolter, N Young… - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
While fragmentation and habitat loss due to water infrastructure threaten freshwater
biodiversity worldwide, historic canals have the potential to contribute to both cultural …

Fish-habitat relationships and the effectiveness of habitat restoration

P Roni, GR Pess, TJ Beechie, KM Hanson - 2014 - repository.library.noaa.gov
A major underpinning of recovery efforts for Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) listed under
the Endangered Species Act is that there is a strong relationship between freshwater habitat …

Alleviating the loss: A conical fish screen installation reduces native fish entrainment at a gravity‐fed water diversion

JB Bretzel, CA Boys, RJ Watts, KE Doyle… - Aquatic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Each year, millions of fish are extracted from Australian waterways by the pum** and
diversion of water into irrigation systems. Fish protection screens can help reduce these …

Can behavioral fish-guidance devices protect juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from entrainment into unscreened water-diversion pipes?

TD Mussen, O Patton, D Cocherell… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Entrainment through water-diversion structures is a major passage challenge for fishes in
watersheds worldwide. Behavioral guidance devices may be effective in passing fish by …

Assessing entrainment of larval fish in the Hogback Diversion Canal, San Juan River

SL Clark Barkalow, RK Dudley… - River Research and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Water diversions worldwide may entrain or im**e fish and have population‐level impacts,
but barriers like fish screens can reduce such threats. Traditional barriers are ineffective in …

How much light intensity to induce repulsion or attraction behaviour in juvenile salmon?

K Matsuda - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
Techniques to control the phototactic behaviour of fish have expanded with progress in LED
lights. However, the phototaxis direction of fish could be reversible at some light intensities …

Experimental evaluation of the effect of a light-emitting diode device on Chinook salmon smolt entrainment in a simulated river

MJ Hansen, AE Steel, DE Cocherell, PH Patrick, M Sills… - Hydrobiologia, 2019 - Springer
The entrainment and im**ement of fish into water diversion infrastructure is one of the
several factors contributing to their decline. Here, controlled experiments assessed the …

Destocking waterways: Evidence that stocked Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii) were extracted at pumped irrigation diversions within 24 hours of release

JB Bretzel, CA Boys, JR Stocks… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Millions of native fish are entrained into irrigation pumps in Australian rivers every year. It is
often assumed these fish are wild, but stocked fish may also be affected. During fish …