Acoustic sampling and signal processing near the seabed: The deadzone revisited

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 677-690

  Ona, E ^a   Mitson, R B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Swiss Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acoustic deadzone; echo integrator deadzone; fish abundance estimation; near seabed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACOUSTIC DEADZONE; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; DEMERSAL FISH; FISH DETECTION;

EID: 0030201407     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0087     Document Type: Article

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