Day-night and depth effects on catch rates during trawl surveys in the North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-60

  Petrakis, G ^a   MacLennan, D N ^b   Newton, A W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demersal fish; North Sea; Trawl survey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CATCH COMPOSITION; DEPTH; DIURNAL VARIATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LIGHT INTENSITY;

NORTH SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 0035007468     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2000.0989     Document Type: Article

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