Trawls and cooling-water intakes as estuarine fish sampling tools: Comparisons of catch composition, trends in relative abundance, and length selectivity

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-130

  Greenwood, M F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cooling water intake; estuary; fish; power stations; sampling; UK, Scotland, Forth estuary

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CLUPEOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING WATER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESH SIZE; POWER PLANT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; TRAWLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FORTH ESTUARY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 36849006509     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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