Protocol Details for Monitoring Aquatic Nuisance Species Protocol Details for Monitoring Aquatic Nuisance Species



Fish - General
Rivers and Creeks
Qualitative: no
Quantitative: Yes
Rapid Assessment: No
Specs:
Distance:
Frequency:
Gear: electroshock boat
Method: Sampling area is a bank of the river either 40- or 100-times the width (depending on catch rates).  Sampling is based on distance, not time.  No specific frequency - flexible.  See document for details.
Comments:
Reference 1
authorMcCormick, Frank H. and Robert M. Hughes
Date9999
TitleSection 10. Aquatic Vertebrates
journalEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment Program - Surface Waters: Field Operations and Methods for Measuring the Ecological Condition of Non-wadeable Rivers and Streams
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Fish - General
Rivers and Creeks - non-wadeable streams
Qualitative: no
Quantitative: no
Rapid Assessment: No
Specs:
Distance:
Frequency:
Gear: electroshock boat
Method:

Fish Sampling Protocols

 

Two complimentary methods are used:  electrofishing and seining.

 

Electrofishing in non-wadeable streams is done with an electroshocking boat.  Two separate electrofishing passes are made, one along each bank.  Sampling begins in at the upstream boundary and proceeds downstream.

 

Comments:
Reference 1
authorMoulton, Stephen R., II, Jonathan G. Kennen, Robert M. Goldstein and Julie A. Hambrook
Date2002
TitleRevised protocols for sampling algal, invertebrate, and fish communities as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program
journalUSGS Open File Report 02-150
publisherUSGS
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Reference 3
Fish - General
Rivers and Creeks - benthic
Qualitative: no
Quantitative: no
Rapid Assessment: No
Specs:
Distance:
Frequency:
Gear: electroshock boat
Method:

The benthic fish study includes bag seining, benthic trawling, electrofishing, gill netting and trammel netting.  Each of these methods is entered separately in this protocol database.

electroshock boat:  see text for details.

Comments:
Reference 1
authorSappington, L., D. Dieterman and D. Galat (Eds.)
Date1998
Title1998 Standard Operating Procedures to evaluate population structure and habitat use of benthic fishes along the Missouri and Lower Yellowstone rivers
publisheron-line
Reference 2
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Fish - General
Rivers and Creeks
Qualitative: no
Quantitative: no
Rapid Assessment: No
Specs:
Distance:
Frequency:
Gear: electroshock boat
Method:

used hoop nets and electroshock boats.  see text for details.

Comments:
Reference 1
authorDames, H. R. and T. G. Coon
Date1989
TitleMovements of channel and flathead catfish between the Missouri River and a tributary, Perche Creek
journalTransactions of the American Fisheries Society
vol118
issue6
pages670-679
Reference 2
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