Unintended effects of electrofishing on nongame fishes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1315-1321

  Miranda, L E ^a   Kidwell, R H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROFISHING; FISH; INJURY; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CYPRINIDAE; ICTALURIDAE; PERCIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 79954484291     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-225.1     Document Type: Article

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