Outputs (6)

Factors influencing European river lamprey passage at a tidal river barrier (2024)
Journal Article
Lothian, A. J., Bolland, J. D., Albright, A. J., Jubb, W. M., Bubb, D. H., Noble, R. A., Nunn, A. D., Dodd, J. R., Tummers, J. S., & Lucas, M. C. (2024). Factors influencing European river lamprey passage at a tidal river barrier. Hydrobiologia, 851(20), 4803-4820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05633-z

Understanding and improving passage by diadromous species at tidal barriers is less well advanced than that for non-tidal anthropogenic river barriers. This study assessed factors affecting upstream passage of anadromous river lamprey (Lampetra fluvi... Read More about Factors influencing European river lamprey passage at a tidal river barrier.

Catchment-wide interactive effects of anthropogenic structures and river levels on fish spawning migrations (2023)
Journal Article
Jubb, W. M., Noble, R. A., Dodd, J. R., Nunn, A. D., Schirrmacher, P., Lothian, A. J., …Bolland, J. D. (2023). Catchment-wide interactive effects of anthropogenic structures and river levels on fish spawning migrations. Anthropocene, 43, Article 100400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100400

Worldwide, rivers are extensively fragmented by anthropogenic structures, reducing longitudinal connectivity, inhibiting migration and leading to severe declines in many fish populations, especially for diadromous species. However, few studies have d... Read More about Catchment-wide interactive effects of anthropogenic structures and river levels on fish spawning migrations.

The role of individual behavioral traits on fishway passage attempt behavior (2021)
Journal Article
Lothian, A., & Lucas, M. (2021). The role of individual behavioral traits on fishway passage attempt behavior. Ecology and Evolution, 11(17), 11974-11990. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7964

Variations in behavioral traits are widely recognized to drive animal behaviors exhibited within a population. However, information on how behavior traits influence behavior in anthropogenically modified habitats is lacking. Many habitats have become... Read More about The role of individual behavioral traits on fishway passage attempt behavior.

River connectivity restoration for upstream‐migrating European river lamprey: The efficacy of two horizontally‐mounted studded tile designs (2020)
Journal Article
Lothian, A. J., Tummers, J. S., Albright, A. J., O'Brien, P., & Lucas, M. C. (2020). River connectivity restoration for upstream‐migrating European river lamprey: The efficacy of two horizontally‐mounted studded tile designs. River Research and Applications, 36(10), 2013-2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3734

Many rivers are heavily fragmented, resulting from anthropogenic cross‐channel structures. Cost‐effective solutions are needed to restore habitat connectivity for migratory fishes, including those of conservation concern, such as the European river l... Read More about River connectivity restoration for upstream‐migrating European river lamprey: The efficacy of two horizontally‐mounted studded tile designs.

Are we designing fishways for diversity? Potential selection on alternative phenotypes resulting from differential passage in brown trout (2020)
Journal Article
Lothian, A. J., Schwinn, M., Anton, A. H., Adams, C. E., Newton, M., Koed, A., & Lucas, M. C. (2020). Are we designing fishways for diversity? Potential selection on alternative phenotypes resulting from differential passage in brown trout. Journal of Environmental Management, 262, Article 110317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110317

Fishways are commonly employed to improve river connectivity for fishes, but the extent to which they cater for natural phenotypic diversity has been insufficiently addressed. We measured differential upstream passage success of three wild brown trou... Read More about Are we designing fishways for diversity? Potential selection on alternative phenotypes resulting from differential passage in brown trout.

Passage performance and behaviour of wild and stocked cyprinid fish at a sloping weir with a Low Cost Baffle fishway (2019)
Journal Article
Lothian, A. J., Gardner, C. J., Hull, T., Griffiths, D., Dickinson, E. R., & Lucas, M. C. (2019). Passage performance and behaviour of wild and stocked cyprinid fish at a sloping weir with a Low Cost Baffle fishway. Ecological Engineering, 130, 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.02.006

Weir construction has fragmented many rivers, resulting in the exclusion of some fish populations from suitable habitat. A cheap retrofit fishway for small, sloping weirs is the Low Cost Baffle (LCB) solution – A series of notched baffles perpendicul... Read More about Passage performance and behaviour of wild and stocked cyprinid fish at a sloping weir with a Low Cost Baffle fishway.