Hydroacoustic fish biomass assessment in man-made lakes in Tunisia: Horizontal beaming importance and diel effect

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1121-1131

  Djemali, Imed ^a   Toujani, Rachid ^a   Guillard, Jean ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Day and night; Echosounder; Horizontal beaming; Reservoir; Water column

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOMASS; CATCHABILITY; ECHO SOUNDER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRANSDUCER; WATER COLUMN;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 72149123691     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9215-6     Document Type: Article

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