Use of Surface Visual Counts for Estimating Relative Abundance of Age-0 Paddlefish in Lake Sakakawea

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1014-1018

  Fredericks, James P ^a,b   Scarnecchia, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FISH SURVEY; PADDLEFISH; RESERVIOR; YEAR-CLASS STRENGTH;

LAKE SAKAKAWEA; NORTH DAKOTA; USA;

POLYODON SPATHULA;

EID: 0031416710     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1997)017<1014:UOSVCF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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