@article{fdi:010037817,
  title = {{U}se and limits of three methods for assessing fish size spectra and fish abundance in two tropical man-made lakes},
  author = {{C}oll, {C}{\'e}line and {T}ito de {M}orais, {L}uis and {L}a{\¨e}, {R}aymond and {L}ebourges-{D}haussy, {A}nne and {S}imier, {M}onique and {G}uillard, {J}. and {J}osse, {E}rwan and {E}coutin, {J}ean-{M}arc and {A}lbaret, {J}ean-{J}acques and {R}affray, {J}ean and {K}antoussan, {J}ustin},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} comparative study, combining three different assessment methods (fish gillnet sampling, artisanal fisheries surveys and hydroacoustics) was conducted in {M}ali where two man-made reservoirs ({S}elingue and {M}anantali) are particularly suited for investigating the impact of fishing effort on the fish assemblage. {T}hese two ecosystems have relatively similar areas, edaphic and environmental properties but are subjected to different levels of fishing exploitation (low at {M}anantali, high at {S}elingue). {T}he comparison is based on two indicator parameters: the abundance indices and the size spectra distributions, obtained by the three methods at two contrasting hydrological seasons ({A}pril and {O}ctober). {T}he results were compared first between the two seasons, and then between the two lakes. {T}he present work is based on two main hypotheses: (1) that there is a higher fish abundance in {O}ctober associated with smaller overall sizes, after spawning; (2) a lower abundance and smaller sizes in the {S}elingue reservoir than in {M}anantali, because of the much higher fishing pressure in {S}elingue. {T}he relevance of each method to the selected indicators is discussed. {O}n the one hand, the three methodologies on the whole gave similar conclusions and they also complement each other. {O}n the other hand, some results do not match the hypotheses because of biases due to difficulties and technical limitations of each method in such ecosystems (shallow water with vegetation and stumps of former forests).},
  keywords = {fish sampling ; artisanal fisheries ; hydroacoustic ; abundance estimate ; size distribution ; shallow waters ; {W}est {A}frica},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}isheries {R}esearch},
  volume = {83},
  numero = {2-3},
  pages = {306--318},
  ISSN = {0165-7836},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.fishres.2006.10.005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037817},
}