Use of underwater visual distance sampling for estimating habitat-specific population density

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 246-255

  Pink, Melissa ^a,c   Pratt, Thomas C ^b   Fox, Michael G ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBIDITY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34147136640     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-004.1     Document Type: Article

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