Sampling and statistical considerations for hydroacoustic surveys used in estimating abundance of forage fishes in reservoirs

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-85

  Taylor, J Christopher ^a   Thompson, Jessica S ^a   Rand, Peter S ^b   Fuentes, Montserrat ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wild Salmon Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; FISH; RESERVOIR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PISCES;

EID: 15944404673     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M03-241.1     Document Type: Article

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