Process / pipelineFish Survey Technique
Electrofishing
Electrofishing is a bioelectrical sampling technique in which electric current is applied to water to stun fish temporarily, allowing their capture for identification, measurement, and return to the stream. Developed in the 1950s and refined continuously, electrofishing is the standard method for inventorying fish communities in streams and small rivers, providing unbiased population estimates and species composition data.
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- Paukert, C. P., & Willis, D. W. (2001). Electrofishing: sampling fish in small streams with respect to fish size, species, and rarity. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 16(1), 11-23. DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2001.9663795 ↗
- Lucas, M. C., & Mercer, T. (1997). Electrofishing and point abundance sampling for stream fish surveys: sensitivity to habitat and species differences. Journal of Fish Biology, 37(3), 433-443. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1990.tb01946.x ↗
- Simonson, T. D., Lyons, J., & Klosiewski, P. D. (1994). Quantifying fish habitat in streams: substrate, flow, cover, and macrophytes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 14(3), 490-500. DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1994)014 ↗