A drop net and removable walkway used to quantitatively sample fishes over wetland surfaces in the dwarf mangroves of the southern Everglades

Wetlands

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 346-359

  Lorenz, Jerome J ^a   McIvor, Carole C ^b   Powell, George V N ^c   Frederick, Peter C ^d  

^a NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c World Wildlife Fund   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop net; Everglades; Fishes; Mangrove; Sampling method; Walkways; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CICHLASOMA UROPHTHALMUS; CICHLIDAE; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FLORIDICHTHYS CARPIO; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LUCANIA PARVA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PISCES; POECILIA LATIPINNA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; PLORIDICHTHYS CARPIO;

FISH; MANGROVE; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; WETLAND;

USA, FLORIDA, EVERGLANDES;

EID: 0031393315     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161424     Document Type: Article

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