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A Hydraulic Evaluation of Fish Passage Through Roadway Culverts in Alaska Final Report

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  • Alternative Title:
    APPENDIX A Hydraulic Evaluation of Fish Passage Through Roadway Culverts in Alaska: Data Report
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    United States. Federal Highway Administration
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    FHWA-AK-RD-85-24 ,FHWA-AK-RD-85-24A
  • Resource Type:
    Research Paper
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  • TRIS Online Accession Number:
    00462146
  • Corporate Publisher:
    Alaska. Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities
  • Abstract:
    Culverts are a very simple hydraulic structure. However, because the engineer must design for peak flows passing through the culvert while fish are trying to move upstream serious problems arise. Almost all culvert installations in interior and northern Alaska were casually examined, with approximately 100 examined in detail where hydraulic problems existed that may retard fish passage. Data from the field program are included in an appendix to this report. The two major hydraulic problems in regard to fish passage were high velocities and perching; inlet drops caused by deposited sediment, aufeis, alignment of culvert with stream, and non-uniform culvert slopes are some of the other fish passage deterrents that were observed. Also, all known baffled structures were evaluated. Numerous recommendations were made that should improve the hydraulic conditions that exist at a culvert relative to fish passage. Also, it is recommended that further studies be carried out to evaluate the swimming performance of the native fish. Present design criteria are based on very limited studies. Lastly, it is recommended that the concept of the velocity in the occupied zone (area in culvert where fish swim) be considered as the culvert design velocity for fish passage in place of the presently used average cross-sectional velocity.
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