Impact of fishing on fish assemblages in tropical lagoons: The example of the Ebrie lagoon, West Africa

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Albaret, Jean Jacques ^a   Laë, Raymond ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Biomass; Diversity; Fish populations; Fishing effects; Tropical lagoon; West Africa; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISHING EFFORT; LAGOON;

COTE D'IVOIRE; EBRIE LAGOON;

EID: 0038363988     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(03)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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