Acoustical study of the spatial distribution of plankton on Georges Bank and the relationship between volume backscattering strength and the taxonomic composition of the plankton

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 1971-2001

  Wiebe, P H ^a   Mountain, D G ^b   Stanton, T K ^a   Greener, C H ^b   Lough, G ^c   Kaartvedt, S ^d   Dawson, J ^e   Copley, N ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e BioSonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; PTEROPODA;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANKTON; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; VOLUME BACKSCATTERING;

ATLANTIC, GEORGES BANK;

EID: 0030437506     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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