Processes of collating a European fisheries database to meet the objectives of the European Union Water Framework Directive

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 407-416

  Beier, Ulrika ^a   Degerman, E ^a   Melcher, A ^b   Rogers, C ^c   Wirlof H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Fish abundance; Fish communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 36549035733     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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