Comparison of different predictive models for estimating fish yields in Shahpur Dam, Pakistan

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-324

  Janjua, Muhammad Yamin ^a,b   Ahmad, Tahira ^a   Gerdeaux, Daniel ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Fish yield; Fishing intensity; Pakistan; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; MODELING; RESERVOIR; YIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 56549126376     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2008.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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