Snorkeling as an alternative to depletion electrofishing for estimating abundance and length-class frequencies of trout in small streams

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 947-953

  Mullner, Scott A ^a   Hubert, Wayne A ^a   Wesche, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SAMPLING;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0032431561     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0947:SAAATD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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