Effects of intensive fishing on the perch population in a large oligotrophic lake in eastern Finland

Fisheries Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Haakana, Helena ^a   Huuskonen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coregonus albula; CPUE; Intensive fishing; Leslie method; Perca fluviatilis; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COREGONUS ALBULA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 42749085636     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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