Estimating occupancy of rare fishes using visual surveys, with a comparison to backpack electrofishing

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-442

  Albanese, Brett ^a   Owers, Katharine A ^b   Weiler, Deborah A ^a   Pruitt, William ^c  

^a Nongame Conservation Section   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS RETICULATA; ERIMYSTAX INSIGNIS; ETHEOSTOMA VULNERATUM; PERCINA AURANTIACA; PISCES;

EID: 80053464007     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.010.0304     Document Type: Review

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