A re-evaluation of relationships between fish size, acoustic frequency, and target strength

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 780-791

  McClatchie, Sam ^a   Alsop, Jon ^b   Coombs, Roger F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

acoustics; length; orientation; regression; target strength

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; FISH SIZE; TARGET STRENGTH;

EID: 0030432014     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0099     Document Type: Article

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