removal method electrofishing

Knowledge graph centered on removal method electrofishing with 66 nodes and 157 connections. Top connected: aquatic insects, Ambystoma, phenotypic plasticity, The influence of predatory fish on mayfly drift: e, Baetis.

Method synopsis

Three-pass electrofishing to estimate fish densities and species composition in stream reaches for characterizing predator presence and abundance.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 3 papers using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Predator-induced resource heterogeneity in a stream food web (2004), Ecology. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Field survey of natural streams
   During late July, estimated abundance of predatory fish and invertebrate grazers in 30-m reaches in 10 streams in 1997 and eight different streams in 1998 in East River catchment north of RMBL. Half reaches were fishless, half contained brook trout. Obtained densities by three-pass electrofishing or from 10 rocks at relatively high-flow locations (mean ± 1 SE = 74.7 ± 1.3 cm/s) and 10 at low-flow (15.4 ± 1.3 cm/s) locations
   Quantities: 30-m reaches, 10 streams (1997), 8 streams (1998), half fishless and half with brook trout, 10 rocks at high-flow (74.7 ± 1.3 cm/s) and 10 at low-flow (15.4 ± 1.3 cm/s) locationsDuration: Late July 1997 and 1998Conditions: East River catchment, varying flow conditions
   Equipment: electrofishing equipment

Typical Equipment

• electrofishing equipment

Output Measurements

• fish density
• fish species composition

Papers Using This Protocol (3)

Species Studied With This Protocol