Modified sampling design for age-0 fish electrofishing at beach habitats

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1210-1220

  Janáč, Michal ^a   Jurajda, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CAPTURE METHOD; CYPRINID; ELECTROFISHING; HABITAT TYPE; SAMPLING BIAS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; BARBUS BARBUS; CHONDROSTOMA NASUS; GOBIO; GOBIO ALBIPINNATUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LEUCISCUS LEUCISCUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 84860840932     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M09-192.1     Document Type: Article

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