Efficacy of two-pass electrofishing employing multiple units to assess stream fish species richness

Fisheries Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 14-18

  Kimmel, William G ^a   Argent, David G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpack electrofishing; Multiple pass; Species richness; Stream width

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROFISHING; FISH; NEW SPECIES; PROBABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

MONONGAHELA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ANHINGIDAE; CENTRARCHIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; ICTALURIDAE; PERCIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 33750392961     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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