Capture probability and behavioral response of the robust redhorse, a cryptic riverine fish, to electrofishing

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 721-729

  Grabowski, Timothy B ^a,b   Ferguson, Tyler D ^a,c   Peterson, James T ^a   Jennings, Cecil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CYPRINID; ELECTROFISHING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

GEORGIA; OCMULGEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

MOXOSTOMA; MOXOSTOMA ROBUSTUM;

EID: 79954479340     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-060.1     Document Type: Article

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