Small - but not easy: Evaluation of sampling methods in floodplain lakes including whole-lake sampling

Fisheries Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-108

  Jurajda, P ^a   Janac M ^a,b   White, S M ^c   Ondrackova M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach seining; Electrofishing; Fish behaviour; Floodplain lake; Sampling strategy

Indexed keywords

HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MISGURNUS; RHODEUS; TINCA;

EID: 58249118894     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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