Use of high-frequency imaging sonar (DIDSON) to observe fish behaviour towards a surface trawl

Fisheries Research

Volumn 123-124, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-48

  Rakowitz, Georg ^a   Tušer, Michal ^b   Říha, Milan ^b   Jůza, Tomáš ^b   Balk, Helge ^c   Kubečka, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active sampling gear; DIDSON; Fish avoidance behaviour; Freshwater reservoir; Trawl

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS;

EID: 84858288310     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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