Influence of rare species on electrofishing distance when estimating species richness of stream and river reaches

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1240-1251

  Kanno, Yoichiro ^a   Vokoun, JASON C ^a   Dauwalter, Daniel C ^b   Hughes, Robert M ^c   Herlihy, Alan T ^c   Maret, Terry R ^d   Patton, Tim M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Trout Unlimited   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; ELECTROFISHING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953739444     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-210.1     Document Type: Article

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