Distribution and seasonal movement of pelagic fish in southern Lake Tanganyika

Fisheries Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-71

  Phiri, Harris ^a   Shirakihara, Kunio ^b  

^a Lake Tanganyika Research Unit   (Zambia)

^b Mie University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fishery management; Lake Tanganyika; Lates stappersi; Limnothrissa miodon; Pelagic fish; Stolothrissa tanganicae

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; SEASONALITY;

ZAMBIA;

LARES STAPPERSI; LIMNOTHRISSA MIODON; STOLOTHRISSA TANGANICAE;

EID: 0032963122     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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