A diver survey design to estimate absolute density, biomass, and spatial distribution of abalone

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1931-1944

  McGarvey, Richard ^a   Mayfield, Stephen ^a   Byth, Karen ^b   Saunders, Thor ^a   Chick, Rowan ^a   Foureur, Brian ^a   Feenstra, John E ^a   Preece, Peter ^a   Jones, Alan ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Lincoln Marine Science Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIVALVE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FISHERY SURVEY; HARVESTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

HALIOTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 51849138971     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-101     Document Type: Article

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