Sampling variability of ichthyoplankton surveys-Exploring the roles of scale and resolution on uncertainty

Fisheries Research

Volumn 117-118, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-145

  Pepin, Pierre ^a   Helbig, James A ^a  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ichthyoplankton; Population estimates; Precision; Sampling variability; Survey design; Uncertainty; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155148524     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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