Comparing and combining effort and catch estimates from aerial-access designs as applied to a large-scale angler survey in the Delaware river

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 727-741

  Vølstad, Jon H ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^b   Richkus, William A ^a  

^a VERSAR INC   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANGLING; CATCH STATISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH;

DELAWARE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 33845454685     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-146.1     Document Type: Article

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