Electrofishing effort required to estimate biotic condition in Southern Idaho Rivers

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1041-1052

  Maret, Terry R ^a   Ott, Douglas S ^a   Herlihy, Alan T ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ELECTROFISHING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; RIVER; SAMPLING; SUMMER;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMIDAE; CENTRARCHIDAE; COTTIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; ICTALURIDAE; PERCIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 36649001379     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-115.1     Document Type: Article

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