Acoustic characterization of gelatinous-plankton aggregations: Four case studies from the Argentine continental shelf

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 650-657

  Alvarez Colombo, Gustavo ^a   Mianzan, Hermes ^b   Madirolas, Adrian ^a  

^a Natl Inst of Fish R and D   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acoustic characterization; Gelatinous zooplankton aggregations; R o de la Plata estuary; Southwestern Atlantic Ocean; Spatial distribution patterns

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AGGREGATION; MAPPING; SCATTERING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARGENTINA;

AEQUOREA; ARGENTINA (FISH); HYDROZOA; IASIS ZONARIA; LYCHNORHIZA; LYCHNORHIZA LUCERNA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; SALPIDAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0013141485     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00051-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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