Basin Visual Estimation Technique (BVET) and representative reach approaches to wadeable stream surveys: Methodological limitations and future directions

Fisheries

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 12-22

  Williams, Lance R ^a   Warren Jr , Melvin L ^b   Adams, Susan B ^b   Arvai, Joseph L ^a   Taylor, Christopher M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4344631563     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(2004)29[12:BVETBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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