Transportation of adult American shad past dams on the Connecticut River, Massachusetts, 1973 to 1976

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979 · Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5213607

Layzer, J B

Adult American shad (Alosa sapidissima) were obtained from the Holyoke Dam fish lift, Massachusetts, and transported 68 km by truck to the pool above the Turners Falls Dam. From 1973 to 1976, 6373 shad were transported; average annual mortality was 25%. Mortality of trucked fish was related to river temperature and the number of fish transported at any one time. During trucking a differential mortality occurred between sexes: 2.4 times more females died than males.

• Research Organization: US Fish and Wildlife Serivce, Hadley, MA
• OSTI ID: 5213607
• Journal Information: Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med.; (United States), Vol. 41:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
13 HYDRO ENERGY
CONNECTICUT RIVER
FISH PASSAGE FACILITIES
TRUCKS
DAMS
EVALUATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MORTALITY
DATA
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
RIVERS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
VEHICLES
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