Predictive fish yield in African lakes using empirical models

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-92

  Laë, Raymond ^a  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Empirical models; fish yield; fisheries; lakes

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FISHERIES RESOURCES; FISHERY; FISHERY PRODUCTION; LAKE; LAKE FISHERY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MODELLING APPROACH; YIELD; YIELD PREDICTION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030616366     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:1997009     Document Type: Article

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