Estimation of bottom trawl catch efficiency for two Demersal fishes, the Atlantic croaker and white perch, in Chesapeake bay

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-269

  Hoffman, Joel C ^a,b   Bonzek, Chris F ^a   Latour, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 79958043575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/C08-048.1     Document Type: Article

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