Empirical determination of in situ target strengths of three loosely aggregated pelagic fish species

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-232

  Barange, Manuel ^a   Hampton, Ian ^a   Soule, Michael ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Horse mackerel; Methodology; Pilchard; Split beam; Target strength

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA; EQUUS CABALLUS; ENGRAULIS CAPENSIS; SARDINOPS OCELLATUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS CAPENSIS;

SCATTERING LAYERS; TARGET STRENGTH;

EID: 0029729027     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0026     Document Type: Article

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