Evaluating the potential of night spotlighting as a method for assessing species composition and brown trout abundance: A comparison with electrofishing in small streams

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1513-1523

  Hickey, M A ^a,b   Closs, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Otago Regional Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Galaxias; Kokopu; Salmo trutta; Sampling; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROFISHING; JUVENILE; RIFFLE; SPOTLIGHT SURVEY; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

GALAXIAS; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 33750580089     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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