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Evaluation of sampling protocols for native fish in Grand Canyon

Funding: US Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.

Duration: 2002-2003
Personnel: Craig Paukert
Objectives 1. Evaluate the variability on electrofishing and trammel netting catch rate indices for native fish in Grand Canyon. 

2.  Determine how many samples are needed to detect changes in relative abundance on native fishes in Grand Canyon.

Publications and reports:

Paukert, C. P.  2004. Comparison of electrofishing and trammel netting variability for sampling native fishes.  Journal of Fish Biology 65: 1643-1652.

Presentations:

Paukert, C. P.  Comparison of electrofishing and trammel netting variability for sampling native fishes in Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona.  USGS, Grand Canyon Science Symposium, Tucson , AZ.   30 October 2003 . (poster).