Mesoscale acoustic patterns of juvenile walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the western Gulf of Alaska

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1951-1963

  Brodeur, Richard D ^a   Wilson, Matthew T ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; AGGREGATION; DISTRIBUTION; JUVENILES; MESOSCALE PATTERNS; WALLEYE POLLOCK;

GULF OF ALASKA;

THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0030427862     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-53-9-1951     Document Type: Article

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