Effects of sampling effort, assemblage similarity, and habitat heterogeneity on estimates of species richness and relative abundance of stream fishes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-290

  Fischer, Jesse R ^a,b   Paukert, Craig P ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISH; HETEROGENEITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 65349192921     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-209     Document Type: Article

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