Boating and navigation activities influence the recruitment of fish in a Baltic Sea archipelago area

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Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-130

  Sandström, Alfred ^a,b   Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^c   Karås, Peter ^a,b   Isæus, Martin ^b,d   Schreiber, Henrik ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b University of Cologne ^*  (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

^f Naturvårdsverket   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOATING; COASTAL FISHERY; NAVIGATION; RECRUITMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; WORLD;

ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; CHARA; ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PISCES; POTAMOGETON;

EID: 17144408391     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.2.125     Document Type: Article

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49. We acknowledge Åsa Strand for valuable assistance during the field-work. We also thank all water-owners for co-operation and advice and allowing us to sample fish on their waters. This study was conducted within the framework of the Swedish research programme on Sustainable Coastal Zone Management (SUCOZOMA) funded by the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA).