Assessing fish assemblages in reed habitats of a large shallow lake-A comparison between gillnetting and electric fishing

Fisheries Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-76

  Eros, T ^a   Specziar A ^a   Biro P ^a  

^a BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electric fishing; Fish communities; Multi mesh gillnets; Sampling effort; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 58249117822     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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