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Western Fisheries Research Center

Biologists use a backpack electrofishing unit to sample fish and amphibians in a headwater stream of the South Fork Trinity River, Northern California.

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Removing tissue samples from a fresh carcass on the spawning grounds.

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Collecting rainbow trout from a tributary of the Ventura River, California, by electrofishing. Photo by Mark Capelli.

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Experimental viral competition system.
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