Protocol Details for Monitoring Aquatic Nuisance Species

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

Fish - General

Rivers and Creeks - benthic

Qualitative:

Quantitative:

Rapid Assessment:

Specs:

Distance:

Frequency:

Gear:

gill net

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.

gill net: nets are 100 ft long, 6ft high with 4 different meshes (25-ft segments). meshes are 3/4 inch, 1 1/2 inch, 2 inch and 3 inch.nets are set overnight from 12-18 hours total soak time. see text for details.

Comments:

Reference 1

author	Sappington, L., D. Dieterman and D. Galat (Eds.)
Date	1998
Title	1998 Standard Operating Procedures to evaluate population structure and habitat use of benthic fishes along the Missouri and Lower Yellowstone rivers
publisher	on-line

Reference 2

Reference 3