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Estimation and Modeling of Electrofishing Capture Efficiency for Fishes in Wadeable Warmwater Streams

Alison L. Price Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
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James T. Peterson U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
Pages 481-498 | Received 13 Aug 2009, Accepted 25 Dec 2009, Published online: 08 Jan 2011

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