CPUE as an index of relative abundance for nearshore reef fishes

Fisheries Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-93

  Haggarty, Dana R ^a   King, Jacquelynne R ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance index; CPUE; Kelp greenling; Lingcod; Rockfish; SCUBA survey

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISH; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; REEF; REGRESSION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCUBA DIVING;

HEXAGRAMMOS DECAGRAMMUS; OPHIODON ELONGATUS; PISCES; SEBASTES CAURINUS; SEBASTES MALIGER;

EID: 33747170828     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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