Spatial scales of variation of assemblages of fish in coastal lakes sampled with multi-mesh gillnets: Implications for designing research surveys

Fisheries Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Gray, C A ^a   Rotherham, D ^a   Chapman, M G ^b   Underwood, A J ^b   Johnson, D D ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fishery independent survey; Hierarchical experimental design; Permanova; Pilot study; Standardised sampling; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249108043     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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