A comparison of full-station visual and transect-based methods of conducting habitat surveys in support of habitat suitability index models for southern Ontario

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 657-675

  Stanfield, Les W ^a   Jones, Michael L ^a,b  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; STREAM;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0031764098     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0657:ACOFSV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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