Assessment of fish populations in still waters using hydroacoustics and survey gill netting: Experiences with Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in the UK

Fisheries Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Winfield, Ian J ^a   Fletcher, Janice M ^a   James, J Ben ^a   Bean, Colin W ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echo sounding; Gill netting; Lake; Reservoir; Site condition monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; CYPRINIDAE; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 58349097072     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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