Detecting change in density and biomass of a benthic marine invertebrate following commercial fishing

Fisheries Research

Volumn 129-130, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-105

  Chick, R C ^a   Mayfield, S ^a   Burch, P ^a   Turich, S N ^a,b   McGarvey, R ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b SA WATER   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abalone; Assessment; Fishery; Haliotis rubra; Surveys

Indexed keywords

HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS RUBRA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864050580     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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