Enhancing Fish Passage research by Integrating Civil Engineering and Fish Biology-Ecology Applied Theories and Practices.

The tasks to be performed under this agreement are as follows: a. share in the responsibilities for determining and assessing the direction of the overall research program through frequent communication and coordination with project cooperators to ensure that project requirements are met; b. provide scientific, engineering expertise in planning, experiment design, implementation, and sampling of collaborative fish passage research projects, compilation and analysis of data, and interpretation and dissemination of results; c. provide staff time for consultations on experimental design, statistical analyses, and hydraulic modeling; d. provide office space and supplies and computers for assisting with data compilation and analyses and for writing of reports and publications; e. provide staff time for conducting fish passage experiments; f. as deemed necessary, provide access to experimental hydrological flumes and other research apparatuses; and g. participate in writing progress, draft final, and final project reports and publications for scientific peer-reviewed journals.