Estimating relative abundance of seagrass fishes: A quantitative comparison of three methods

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-466

  Petrik, Rachel ^a   Levin, Phillip S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Minnow trap; North Carolina; Otter trawl; Sampling methods; Throw traps

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

UNITED STATES;

LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA;

EID: 0033899831     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007604314576     Document Type: Article

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