Accuracy and precision of the continuous underway fish egg sampler (CUFES) and bongo nets: A comparison of three species of temperate fish

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 432-447

  Pepin, P ^a   Snelgrove, P V R ^b,c,d   Carter, K P ^b,c  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bongo net; CUFES; Gadus morhua; Hippoglossoides platessoides; Pelagic fish eggs; Sampling variability; Tautogolabrus adspersus; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; PRECISION; SAMPLER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GADOID FISHERY; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MAPPING METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; STRATIFICATION;

GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 28444458074     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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