PORTABLE PLATFORMS FOR SETTING ROCKET NETS IN OPEN-WATER HABITATS

Authors
COX RR AFTON AD
Citation
Rr. Cox et Ad. Afton, PORTABLE PLATFORMS FOR SETTING ROCKET NETS IN OPEN-WATER HABITATS, Journal of field ornithology, 65(4), 1994, pp. 551-555
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Ornithology
Journal title
Journal of field ornithology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02738570
Volume
65
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
551 - 555
Database
ISI
SICI code
0273-8570(1994)65:4<551:PPFSRN>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Portable platforms for setting rocket nets in open-water habitats were developed and used to capture 1116 vraterfowl of seven species during September and October 1991 and 1992 in southwestern Louisiana. Incide nce of mortality (1% of captured birds) and escape (3% of captured bir ds) was low. Rocket-netting from platforms was a reliable and efficien t technique for capturing waterfowl, and should be applicable to other avian species using open-water habitats.