Ecological consequences of alternative gill net fisheries for Nile Perch in Lake Victoria

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-64

  Schindler, Daniel E ^a,c   Kitchell, James F ^a   Ogutu Ohwayo, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Fisheries Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUTCURE; FISH COMMUNITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILL NET; MESH SIZE;

AFRICA; LAKE VICTORIA;

ICHTHYOFAUNA; LAKES NILOTICUS; LATES; LATES NILOTICUS; MARTES; PISCES; RASTRINEOBOLA; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031956429     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96160.x     Document Type: Article

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