Electrofishing distance needed to estimate consistent index of biotic integrity (IBI) scores in raftable Oregon rivers

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-141

  Hughes, Robert M ^a   Herlihy, Alan T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFISHING; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; SAMPLING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847359093     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-312.1     Document Type: Article

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