Electrofishing Effort and Fish Species Richness and Relative Abundance in Ozark Highland Streams of Arkansas

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1152-1166

  Dauwalter, Daniel C ^a,b   Pert, Edmund J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOREGION; ELECTROFISHING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346900807     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/MO1-144     Document Type: Article

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