Comparison of seasonal bluegill catch rates and size distributions obtained with trap nets and electrofishing in a large, heated impoundment

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 220-224

  Schultz, Randall D ^a,c   Haines, Daniel E ^b  

^a Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^b Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation   (United States)

^c Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; ELECTROFISHING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; TRAPPING;

COFFEY COUNTY LAKE; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 15944405014     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-055.1     Document Type: Article

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