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Fish Passage through Retrofitted Culverts
Long term and short term studies of fish movement were conducted at several retrofitted culverts within Oregon. This was done to assess the effectiveness of retrofitting culverts with baffles to improve fish passage. The long term results showed that the baffle equipped culverts do in fact allow fish passage, even though the fish in the study areas did not appear to move a great deal in any part of the study reaches. The short term results indicated a definite improvement in the ability of juvenile steelhead trout to move upstream after the addition of certain baffle configurations. Measurements of hydraulic conditions showed that the baffles do create areas of lower flow velocity, deepen the flow, and create resting pools. These observations indicate that fish can and do move through culverts retrofitted with baffles and that the addition of baffles can improve the ability of juvenile fish (especially steelhead trout) to move upstream through a culvert.
Fish Passage through Retrofitted Culverts
Long term and short term studies of fish movement were conducted at several retrofitted culverts within Oregon. This was done to assess the effectiveness of retrofitting culverts with baffles to improve fish passage. The long term results showed that the baffle equipped culverts do in fact allow fish passage, even though the fish in the study areas did not appear to move a great deal in any part of the study reaches. The short term results indicated a definite improvement in the ability of juvenile steelhead trout to move upstream after the addition of certain baffle configurations. Measurements of hydraulic conditions showed that the baffles do create areas of lower flow velocity, deepen the flow, and create resting pools. These observations indicate that fish can and do move through culverts retrofitted with baffles and that the addition of baffles can improve the ability of juvenile fish (especially steelhead trout) to move upstream through a culvert.
Fish Passage through Retrofitted Culverts
S. Gregory (author) / J. McEnroe (author) / P. Klingeman (author) / J. Wyrick (author)
2004
80 pages
Report
No indication
English
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