Estimating the prevalence of Ichthyophonus hoferi (Plehn and Mulsow) in a herring stock (Clupea harengus L.): Observed effects of sampling gear, target school density and migration

Fisheries Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-97

  Holst, Jens Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Clupea harengus L.; Disease; Estimating prevalence; Ichthyophonus hoferi; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FISH DISEASE; FISH DISEASES; PREVALENCE ESTIMATION; SAMPLING;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; ICHTHYOPHONUS HOFERI;

EID: 0030201406     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7836(95)00465-3     Document Type: Article

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