Spatial distribution of sardine (Sardinops sagax) eggs and larvae: An application of geostatistics and resampling to survey data

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 907-914

  Fletcher, W J ^a,b   Sumner, Neil R ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; GEOSTATISTICS; LARVA; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN COAST; INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 0033509673     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-012     Document Type: Article

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