Estimating fish abundance in stream surveys by using double-pass removal sampling

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 795-803

  Heimbuch, Douglas G ^a,d   Wilson, Harold T ^a,d   Weisberg, Stephen B ^b,e   VøLstad, Jon H ^b   Kazyak, Paul F ^c  

^a Coastal Environmental Services Inc ^*  (United States)

^b VERSAR INC   (United States)

^c MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d Post Buckley Schuh and Jernigan Inc   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOUBLE-PASS REMOVAL; FISH; SAMPLING; STREAM;

MARYLAND; USA;

EID: 0031472981     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0795:EFAISS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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