Monitoring, assessing, and managing fish stocks in Lake Malawi/Nyassa: Current approaches and future possibilities

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-305

  Darwall, W R T ^a   Allison, E H ^a  

^a IUCN Species Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African Great Lakes; Fisheries monitoring; Fisheries statistics

Indexed keywords

NYASSAMYIA;

EID: 0036748606     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980290031983     Document Type: Article

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