The effectiveness of fish and shrimp trawls for sampling fish communities in tropical Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-251

  Wassenberg, T J ^a   Blaber, S J M ^a   Burridge, C Y ^a   Brewer, D T ^a   Salini, J P ^a   Gribble, N ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catch comparison; Fish; Fish trawl; Shrimp trawl; Tropical fish sampling

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPARISON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH COMMUNITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SAMPLING; TRAWL NET; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA, GREAT BARRIER REEF; CORAL SEA, GREAT BARRIER REEF;

APOGONIDAE; CARANGIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; LEIOGNATHIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MULLIDAE; RAJIFORMES; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 0030618729     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(96)00551-6     Document Type: Article

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