Greetings.  I just wanted to say thanks for the references people sent me
on electric current literature.  I have had requests for the information I
received, so here it is.  I did get the names of some personal contacts;
however, I have only included the citations I received.  Cheers.


Burkhardt R.W. and S. Gutreuter. 1995. Improving electrofishing catch
consistency by standardizing power. North American Journal of Fisheries
Management 15:375-381,1995.

Cowx, I.G. & Lamarque, P., 1990. Fishing with electricity. Fishing
News Books.

Emery, L. 1984. The physiological effects of elctrofishing. Cal-Neva
Wildlife Transactions. 59-72.

Kolz A.L. 1989. A power transfer theory for electrofishing.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fish and Wildlife Technical Report 22:1-11.

Kolz A.L. and J.B. Renolds. 1989. Determination of power threshhold
response curves. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fish and Wildlife
Technical Report 22:15-24.

Quinn, S.P. 1986. Effectiveness of an electrofishing system for
collecting flathead catfish. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish &
Wildl. Agencies. 40: 85-91.

Reynolds, J. B. 1996. Electrofishing. Pages 221-253 in B. R. Murphy and
D.W. Willis, editors.  Fisheries techniques. Second edition. American
Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Sharber, N. G., and J. S. Black. 1999. Epilepsy as a unifying principle in
electrofishing theory: a proposal. Transactions of the American Fisheries
Society 128:666-671.

Snyder, D.E.  1992.  Impacts of electrofishing on fish. Copies are
available through the Fish and Wildlife Reference Service, 5430 Grosvenor
Lane, Ste. 110, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-2158; 800-582-3421. Request MIN#
809440039. Cost is $23.90 for paper copies, $4.00 for microfiche; free to
federal and state agency cooperators.

P.S.  There are also several papers found on The American Fisheries Society
website.  Abstracts are available for the past 2 years.
http://afs.allenpress.com/afsonline/?request=search-simple


Steven Plunkett
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
Environmental Contaminants
USFWS
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