Comparison of an enclosure drop trap and a visual diving census technique to estimate fish populations in eelgrass habitats

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 130-141

  Bobsien, I C ^a   Brendelberger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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GASTEROSTEIDAE; SYNGNATHIDAE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 33748686757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2006.4.130     Document Type: Article

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