Development of abundance and size structure of young-of-the-year perch populations using three methods

Fisheries Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-87

  Scharf, W R ^a   Heermann, L ^a   Konig U ^a   Borcherding, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bongo net; Electrofishing; Gillnet; Length frequency distribution; Perca fluviatilis; Size selective catchability

Indexed keywords

PERCA FLUVIATILIS; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 58249104037     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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