The relationship of temperature and hydrological factors to catch per unit effort, condition and size of the freshwater sardine, Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger), in Lake Kariba

Fisheries Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-281

  Chifamba, Portia Chiyedza ^a  

^a University Lake Kariba Research Station   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Condition; Cpue; Environment; Fish size; Limnothrissa miodon; Predictions; Sardines

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY; HYDROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ZIMBABWE;

LIMNOTHRISSA MIODON;

EID: 0034112505     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(99)00115-0     Document Type: Article

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