Flatfish Densities Determined with a Diver-Operated Flounder Sampler Journal Articles

abstract

• Densities of four species of flatfish: rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), English sole (Parophrys vetulus), C-O sole (Pleuronichthys coenosus), and the speckled sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus) were determined by using a flounder sampler designed for use by a scuba diver biologist on sand bottom habitats. Under semicontrolled conditions the overall estimate of flatfish numbers was 91.0 flatfish/1000 m2 with a 95% confidence interval of ± 17.5. Biomass was estimated at approximately 7.4 kg/1000 m2.

authors

• Walton, Jonathan Mark
• Bartoo, Norman W

status

• published 

publication date

• December 1, 1976

has subject area

• 0602 Ecology (FoR)
• 0608 Zoology (FoR)
• 0704 Fisheries Sciences (FoR)
• Fisheries (Science Metrix)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences  Journal

keywords

• Fisheries
• Life Sciences & Biomedicine
• Oceanography
• Physical Sciences
• Science & Technology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1139/f76-339

start page

• 2834

end page

• 2836

volume

• 33

issue

• 12