The use of biological indicators for monitoring fisheries exploitation: Application to man-made reservoirs in Mali

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-105

  Laë, Raymond ^a   Ecoutin, Jean Marc ^a   Kantoussan, Justin ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fish populations; Fishing effort; Mean length; Trophic level; West Africa; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHING EFFORT; INLAND FISHERY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 3042802539     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2004014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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