Hydroacoustic estimates of fish densities in comparison with stratified pelagic trawl sampling in two deep, coregonid-dominated lakes

Fisheries Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-186

  Emmrich, M ^a   Helland, I P ^a,b   Busch, S ^a   Schiller, S ^a   Mehner, T ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic fish stock assessment; Between gear variation; Biomass estimate; Coregonid dominated lakes; European Water Framework Directive; Size selectivity

Indexed keywords

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77955320235     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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