A Comparison of gill netting and electrofishing as sampling techniques for white bass in missouri’s large reservoirs

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 690-702

  Colvin, Michael A ^a  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ELECTROFISHING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; SAMPLING; SIZE STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

CHRYSOPS; MORONE; MORONE CHRYSOPS;

EID: 0036265964     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2002)022<0690:ACOGNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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