Analysis of Spanish acoustic surveys for sardine, 1991-1993: Abundance estimates and inter-annual variability

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 429-433

  Porteiro, C ^a   Carrera, P ^b   Miquel, J ^c  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey; Geostatistics; Iberian Peninsula; Sardina pilchardus; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES; ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; ATLANTIC SARDINE; INTER- ANNUAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029749189     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0060     Document Type: Article

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