Spatio-temporal variability of fish assemblages in the Gambia Estuary (West Africa) observed by two vertical hydroacoustic methods: Moored and mobile sampling

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-55

  Guillard, Jean ^a,d   Albaret, Jean Jacques ^b   Simier, Monique ^a   Sow, Ibrahima ^c   Raffray, Jean ^b   De Morais, Luis Tito ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c CRODT   (Senegal)

^d UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Estuary; Fish; Gambia; Hydro acoustic; Split beam; Vertical sounding; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHO SOUNDER; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; GAMBIA; GAMBIA ESTUARY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 1642303054     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2004005     Document Type: Article

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