Effect of thin twine on gill net size-selectivity analyzed with the direct estimation method

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 851-856

  Yokota, Kosuke ^a   Fujimori, Yasuzumi ^b   Shiode, Daisuke ^b   Tokai, Tadashi ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct estimation method; Gill net; Girth; Mesh perimeter; Rainbow trout; Size selectivity; Twine thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040483188     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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