Spatial and temporal variation in electrofishing catch rates of three species of black bass (micropterus spp.) from normandy reservoir, Tennessee

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 454-461

  Sammons, Steve M ^a   Bettoli, Phillip W ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CATCH STATISTICS; ELECTROFISHING; HABITAT USE; PERCID; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORMANDY RESERVOIR; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; MICROPTERUS PUNCTULATUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCIDAE; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0032864518     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0454:SATVIE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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