Projects

Restoring Salmonid Connectivity

Aquatic environments can be easily damaged by anthropogenic activities. One pressing and widespread problem in flowing waters is the impact caused by man-made obstacles, which tend to diminish river connectivity and affect the survival of migratory species. However, river connectivity has traditionally been difficult to measure. We pioneered the removal of man-made obstacles in Spanish salmon streams, and are now using stable isotopes and molecular markers to estimate population connectivity of migratory salmonids.

Funding: Environment Agency Wales, KESS

Representative Publications

Garcia de Leaniz (2008) . Hydrobiologia 609: 83-96; Garcia de Leaniz (2012) . In Gough et al. (Eds) From Sea to Source pp 160-161; Fowler & Garcia de Leaniz (2012) . In Gough et al. (Eds) From Sea to Source pp 58-59; Sanzana et al. (2012) . In Gough et al. (Eds) From Sea to Source pp 48-49. see www.fromseatosource.com