Comparison of three larval fish gears to sample shallow water sites on a navigable river

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1126-1138

  Niles, Jonathan M ^a   Hartman, Kyle J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCHABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; FISHING GEAR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ATHERINIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; LEPOMIS; NOTROPIS; PIMEPHALES;

EID: 37749042612     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M05-207.1     Document Type: Article

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