Sampling effort and estimates of species richness based on prepositioned area electrofisher samples

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 144-153

  Bowen, Zachary H ^a,b   Freeman, Mary C ^a,c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFISHING; FISH COMMUNITY; SAMPLING EFFORT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALABAMA; TALLOPOOSA RIVER; USA;

PISCES;

EID: 0031900059     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0144:SEAEOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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