Evaluation of single-pass backpack electric fishing for stream fish community monitoring

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Reid, Scott M ^a   Yunker, G ^a   Jones, N E ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Backpack electric fishing; Fish community; Sampling; Stream

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAPTURE METHOD; CATCH STATISTICS; FISH; FISHING; LAKE WATER; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 63549100160     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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