Estimation and modeling of electrofishing capture efficiency for fishes in wadeable warmwater streams

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 481-498

  Price, Alison L ^a,b   Peterson, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY CONDITION; CAPTURE METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROFISHING; FISH CULTURE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER; TELEOST; WARM WATER;

CATOSTOMIDAE; ICTALURIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 79954544253     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M09-122.1     Document Type: Article

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