Seasonal variability in the abundance of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) recorded using hydroacoustics in Windermere, UK and its implications for survey design

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-69

  Winfield, I J ^a   Fletcher, J M ^a   James, J B ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Diel variation; Echo sounding; Hydroacoustics; Seasonal variation; Survey design

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34250319827     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00170.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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