Comparison of snorkeling and electrofishing for estimating abundance and size structure of brook trout and brown trout in two southern New England streams

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-139

  Wildman, Timothy L ^a,b   Neumann, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Fisheries Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Brook trout; Brown trout; Connecticut; Electrofishing; Snorkeling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ELECTROFISHING; SALMONID; SIZE STRUCTURE; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

FONTINALIS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0037472702     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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