The Use of High Explosives to Conduct a Fisheries Survey at a Nemdway Weir Field on the Middle Mississippi River
- Organization:
- International Society of Explosives Engineers
- Pages:
- 11
- File Size:
- 440 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 2002
Abstract
Fish sampling in a deep-water, high velocity, environment is extremely difficult. Conventional techniques such as electro-fishing and netting have been limited to depths generally less than 7 meters (m) and velocities below 1 meter per second (mps). The goal of our study was to sample a bendway weir field on the Mississippi River to assess the effects of the weir field on the fishery. In a bendway weir field, depths can exceed 20 m, and velocities can exceed 3 mps, making conventional sampling techniques inefficient.
Citation
APA: (2002) The Use of High Explosives to Conduct a Fisheries Survey at a Nemdway Weir Field on the Middle Mississippi River
MLA: The Use of High Explosives to Conduct a Fisheries Survey at a Nemdway Weir Field on the Middle Mississippi River. International Society of Explosives Engineers, 2002.