An evaluation of multipass electrofishing for estimating the abundance of stream-dwelling salmonids

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 462-475

  Peterson, James T ^a   Thurow, Russell F ^b   Guzevich, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROFISHING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SALMONID; SAMPLING; STREAM;

AMADINA FASCIATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 1642360899     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/03-044     Document Type: Article

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