Passage Performance of Potamodromous Cyprinids over an Experimental Low-Head Ramped Weir: The Effect of Ramp Length and Slope
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Amaral, S.D.; Branco, P.; Katopodis, C.; Ferreira, M.T.; Pinheiro, A.N.; Santos, J.M. Passage Performance of Potamodromous Cyprinids over an Experimental Low-Head Ramped Weir: The Effect of Ramp Length and Slope. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1456. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051456
Amaral SD, Branco P, Katopodis C, Ferreira MT, Pinheiro AN, Santos JM. Passage Performance of Potamodromous Cyprinids over an Experimental Low-Head Ramped Weir: The Effect of Ramp Length and Slope. Sustainability. 2019; 11(5):1456. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051456
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmaral, Susana Dias, Paulo Branco, Christos Katopodis, Maria Teresa Ferreira, António Nascimento Pinheiro, and José Maria Santos. 2019. "Passage Performance of Potamodromous Cyprinids over an Experimental Low-Head Ramped Weir: The Effect of Ramp Length and Slope" Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1456. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051456