Effects of electrofishing gear type on spatial and temporal variability in fish community sampling

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 709-716

  Meador, Michael R ^a   McIntyre, Julie P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFISHING; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CATFISH; CATOSTOMIDAE; CENTRARCHIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; ICTALURIDAE;

EID: 0041348937     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T01-135     Document Type: Article

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