Comparison of hydroacoustic estimates with fish census in shallow Malta Reservoir - which TS/L regression to use in horizontal beam applications?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 123-124, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-97

  Godlewska, M ^a,c   Frouzova, J ^b   Kubecka, J ^b   Wisniewolski W ^c   Szlakowski, J ^c  

^a EUROPEAN REGIONAL CENTRE FOR ECOHYDROLOGY OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INLAND FISHERIES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Fish biomass; Shallow water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858279931     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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