Single-pass versus two-pass boat electrofishing for characterizing river fish assemblages: Species richness estimates and sampling distance

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-67

  Meador, Michael R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROFISHING; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CENTRARCHIDAE; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 13844311417     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/FT03-094.1     Document Type: Article

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