Strong correspondence between gillnet catch per unit effort and hydroacoustically derived fish biomass in stratified lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2436-2448

  Emmrich, Matthias ^a   Winfield, Ian J ^b   Guillard, Jean ^c   Rustadbakken, Atle ^d   Vergès, Charlotte ^e   Volta, Pietro ^f   Jeppesen, Erik ^g,h,i   Lauridsen, Torben L ^g,h   Brucet, Sandra ^j   Holmgren, Kerstin ^k   Argillier, Christine ^l   Mehner, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e ASCONIT Consultants   (France)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h Sino Danish Education and Research Centre   (China)

ⁱ GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^j JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^k SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^l UR EMAX   (France)

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Author keywords

Biomass estimates; Fish sampling; Gillnets; Lakes; Vertical hydroacoustics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867917904     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12022     Document Type: Article

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