Improved mapping of schooling fish near the surface: Comparison of abundance estimates obtained by sonar and echo integration

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 383-388

  Misund, Ole Arve ^a   Aglen, Asgeir ^a   Hamre, Johannes ^a   Ona, Egil ^a   Røttingen, Ingolf ^a   Skagen, Dankert ^a   Valdemarsen, John Willy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Anchovy; Echo integration; Herring; Pelagic trawl; Pilchard; Sonar

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA; CLUPEA HARENGUS;

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; ECHO INTEGRATION; PELAGIC FISH; SONAR;

EID: 0029728823     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0053     Document Type: Article

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