Evaluating active and passive sampling methods to quantify crayfish density in a freshwater wetland

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 346-356

  Dorn, Nathan J ^a   Urgelles, Raul ^a   Trexler, Joel C ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Density; Minnow trap; Population size; Procambarus fallax; Throw trap; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CRAYFISH; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; WETLAND;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; FALLAX; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PROCAMBARUS FALLAX;

EID: 18944400771     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/04-037.1     Document Type: Article

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