Developing a beam trawl for sampling estuarine fish and crustaceans: Assessment of a codend cover and effects of different sizes of mesh in the body and codend

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 687-696

  Rotherham, Douglas ^a   Broadhurst, Matt K ^a   Gray, Charles A ^a   Johnson, Daniel D ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beam trawl; Body effect; Cover effect; Fishery independent surveys; Sampling gear

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY SIZE; CATCHABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MESH SIZE; PERCIFORM; SAMPLING; SIZE EFFECT; SIZE SELECTION; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLARENCE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ACANTHOPAGRUS AUSTRALIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); METAPENAEUS MACLEAYI;

EID: 44649201083     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn038     Document Type: Article

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