Exploiting habitat and gear patterns for efficient detection of rare and non-native benthos and fish in Great Lakes coastal ecosystems

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 651-667

  Trebitz, Anett S ^a   Kelly, John R ^a   Hoffman, Joel C ^a   Peterson, Gregory S ^a   West, Corlis W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early detection; Non native species; Optimization; Sampling strategies; St. Louis River Duluth Superior Harbor

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649442768     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.4.10     Document Type: Article

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