The influence of the trawl mouth opening size and net colour on catch efficiency during sampling of early fish stages

Fisheries Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 125-133

  Jůza, Tomáš ^a,b   Čech, Martin ^a   Kubečka, Jan ^a,b   Vašek, Mojmír ^a   Peterka, Jiří ^a   Matěna, Josef ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cyprinids; Fry density; Length selectivity; Perch (Perca fluviatilis); Trawl efficiency

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; SANDER LUCIOPERCA;

EID: 77955324069     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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