Accuracy of snorkelling counts in assessing spawning stock of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, verified by radio-tagging and underwater video monitoring

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 392-399

  Orell, P ^a   Erkinaro, J ^a   Karppinen, P ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drift diving; Observation efficiency; Radio telemetry; Stock assessment; Underwater techniques

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SALMONID; SPAWNING POPULATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

TENO RIVER;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 80052685517     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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