A comparison of two underwater census methods for estimating the abundance of the commercially important blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 438-450

  Gorfine, Harry K ^a   Forbes, David A ^a   Gason, Anne S ^a  

^a Mar and Freshw Resources Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; SHELLFISH; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GASTROPODA; HALIOTIS RUBRA;

EID: 0031845532     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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