Electrofishing Literature

Codes of practice

  • Bruce, A. M. (2000). Australian Code of Electrofishing practice.

Research papers using electrofishing

  • Bisson, P. A., Sullivan, K. and Neilsen, J. L. (1988). Channel hydralics, habitat use and body form of juvenile coho salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout in streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 117, 262-273.
  • Horan, D. L., Kershner, J. L. and Hawkins, C. P. (2000). Effects of Habitat Area and Complexity on Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Density in Uinita Mountain Streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129, 1250-1263.
  • Thevenet, A. and Statzner, B. (1999). Linking fluvial fish community to physical habitat in large woody debris: Sampling effort, accuracy and precision. Arch 145, 57-77.

Gear efficiency

  • Faragher, R. A. and Rodgers, M. (1997) Performance of sampling-gear types in the New Sourth Wales Rivers Survey. In 'Fish and rivers in stress: the NSW rivers survey'. (Eds J. H. Harris and P. C. Gehrke) pp. 251-265. (NSW Fisheries Office of Conservation and the Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, in association with NSW Resource and Conservation Assessment Council: Cronulla, NSW).
  • Larimore, R. W. (1961). Electrofishing success in a warm-water stream. Journal of Wildlife
    Management 25, 1-12.
  • Pusey, B. J., Kennard, M. J., Arthur, J. M. and Arthington, A. H. (1998). Quantitative sampling of stream fish assemblages: single- versus multiple-pass electrofishing. Australian Journal of Ecology 23, 365-374.
  • Wiley, M. L. and Tsai, C. F. (1983). The relative efficiencies of electrofishing vs. seines in Piedmont Streams of Maryland. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14, 77-86.

Effects on fish

  • Dolan, C. R. and Miranda, L. E. (2001) Effects of electrofishing on catch efficiency and injury rates of warmwater fishes. In...