Stability and precision of the fish metrics obtained using CEN multi-mesh gillnets in natural and artificial lakes in France

Fisheries Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Deceliere Verges C ^a,c   Argillier, C ^b   Lanoiselee C ^b   De Bortoli, J ^b   Guillard, J ^c  

^a ASCONIT Consultants   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; CEN gillnet standard; Fish; Sampling effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349126461     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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