Intercalibration of hydroacoustic and mark-recapture methods for assessing the spawning population size of a threatened fish species

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1356-1370

  Rakowitz, G ^a   Kubecka J ^b   Fesl, C ^a   Keckeis, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Cyprinid freshwater fish; Homing; Horizontal beaming; Jolly Seber; Spawning migration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CYPRINIFORMES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYPRINIDAE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HYDROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CHONDROSTOMA NASUS; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 70449382573     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02368.x     Document Type: Article

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