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Year-round sampling of the fish community in a boreal lake: differences between summer and winter influence estimates of species composition, catch, and fish size
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- 1. Lammi Biological Station, University of Helsinki, Lammi, Finland
- 2. Biology Department, Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Eerola, Emmi S., Megyeri, Eszter, Piro, Alexander J., Hayden, Brian, Kahilainen, Kimmo K. (2024): Year-round sampling of the fish community in a boreal lake: differences between summer and winter influence estimates of species composition, catch, and fish size. Journal of Fish Biology 105 (4): 1163-1177, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15865, URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15865
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