Evaluation of a modified activity trap for invertebrate sampling in shallow wetlands

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 997-1003

  Sherfy, Mark H ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Roy L ^a   Richkus, Kenneth D ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chesapeake Bay Field Office   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity trap; Benthic invertebrates; Core sample; Nektonic invertebrates; Sampling methods; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; NEKTON; SAMPLING; WETLAND; ZOOBENTHOS;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342470622     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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