Understanding the significance of redd counts: A comparison between two methods for estimating the abundance of and monitoring bull trout populations

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1505-1512

  Al Chokhachy, Robert ^a   Budy, Phaedra ^a   Schaller, Howard ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; LIFE HISTORY; MONITORING; SALMONID;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 30744433321     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M05-006.1     Document Type: Article

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