| To estimate the biomass of six species, the stratified design used at present for demersal coastal fish stocks is compared against other design alternatives. Density data (t mn-2 between 34ºS and 42ºS, from the coast line to 50m depth, corresponding to whitemouth croaker (Micropogonias furnieri), patagonian smoothhound (Mustelus schmitti), stripped) weakfish (Cynoscion guatucupa), angular angel shark (Squatina guggenheim), brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis) and skate (Sympterygia bonapartii) collected in surveys carried out in spring and winter in the Argentine Sea (SW Atlantic), were analyzed. The spatial distribution of the species was strongly contagious and influenced by bottom salinity. Different marine zones that showed special salinity... |
