A comparison of seining and electrofishing for fish community bioassessment in a mexican atlantic slope montane river

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1725-1732

  Mercado Silva, Norman ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

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EID: 77953659884     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-009.1     Document Type: Article

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