Efficiency and sampling bias of electrofishing for freshwater shrimp and fish in two Caribbean streams, Guadeloupe Island

Fisheries Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-166

  Fièvet, É ^a   Bonnet Arnaud, P ^b   Mallet, J P ^a  

^a UMR5023 Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés   (France)

^b Universite   (France)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Depletion sampling; Electrofishing; Fish; Freshwater shrimp; Point abundance sampling

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ELECTROFISHING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SAMPLING BIAS;

GUADELOUPE;

ATYA INNOCOUS; DECAPODA; MACROBRACHIUM CRENULATUM; MACROBRACHIUM FAUSTINUM;

EID: 0343938867     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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