Combining hydroacoustic seabed survey and grab sampling techniques to assess "local" sandeel population abundance

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 971-984

  Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a   Holland, Gayle J ^a   Guirey, Emma J ^a   Armstrong, Eric ^a   Fraser, Helen M ^a   Gibb, Iain M ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grab surveys; Local stock assessment; RoxAnn; Seabed classification; Sediment preference

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; EEL; FISHING; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAMPLING; SANDBANK; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMMODYTES MARINUS;

EID: 77953644247     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp292     Document Type: Review

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