Influence of survey design on fish assemblages: Implications from a study in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 957-973

  Tuckey, Troy D ^a   Fabrizio, Mary C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOTTOM TRAWLING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMERSAL FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; JUVENILE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY DESIGN; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRIBUTARY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84883233621     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2013.788555     Document Type: Article

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