A comparison of cedar trees and fabricated polypropylene modules as fish attractors in a strip mine impoundment

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 223-227

  Rold, Robert E ^a   McComish, Thomas S ^b   Van Meter, Donald E ^b  

^a KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030063102     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1996)016<0223:ACOCTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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