Comparison of single-pass electrofishing to depletion sampling for surveying fish assemblages in small warmwater streams

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 625-634

  Edwards, Michael R ^a   Combs, Daniel L ^a   Cook, S Bradford ^a   Allen, Michael ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROFISHING; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0347659470     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2003.9664004     Document Type: Article

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