Whole-gear efficiency of a benthic survey trawl for flatfish

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-291

  Somerton, David A ^a   Munro, Peter T ^a   Weinberg, Kenneth L ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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CARNIVORA; GLYPTOCEPHALUS ZACHIRUS; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON; MICROSTOMUS PACIFICUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; REINHARDTIUS STOMIAS;

EID: 34447115824     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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