Acoustic Estimation of Biomass and School Character of Anchovy Engraulis japonicus in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 344-349

  Ohshimo, Seiji ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic Survey; Anchovy Engraulis japonicus; Biomass; East China Sea; Fish School; School character; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012626077     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.344     Document Type: Article

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