A mark-recapture population estimate for invasive silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the La Grange Reach, Illinois River

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-436

  Sass, Greg G ^a   Cook, Thad R ^a   Irons, Kevin S ^a   McClelland, Michael A ^a   Michaels, Nerissa N ^a   O'Hara, T Matthew ^a   Stroub, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; Illinois River; Invasive species; Mark recapture; Population estimate; Silver carp

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCHABILITY; CYPRINID; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RANGE EXPANSION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILD POPULATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS RIVER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS MOLITRIX; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS;

EID: 77952876165     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9462-z     Document Type: Article

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