Sampling a littoral fish assemblage: Comparison of small-mesh fyke netting and boat electrofishing

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 825-831

  Ruetz III, Carl R ^a   Uzarski, Donald G ^a   Krueger, Damon M ^b   Rutherford, Edward S ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROFISHING; FISH; FISHING GEAR; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MESH SIZE; SAMPLING;

MICHIGAN; MUSKEGON LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APLODINOTUS; APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; AVES; CATOSTOMIDAE; CATOSTOMUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS; LABIDESTHES; MOXOSTOMA; NOTROPIS VOLUCELLUS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PIMEPHALES NOTATUS; PISCES; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 36649015181     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-147.1     Document Type: Article

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