Pelagic biomass and community structure over the mid-continental slope off southeastern Australia based upon acoustic and midwater trawl sampling

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 21-35

  Anthony Koslow, J ^a   Kloser, Rudy J ^a   Williams, Alan ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Biomass estimation; Community composition; Midwater trawling; Sampling bias; Target strength

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ACOUSTICS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MIDWATER TRAWLS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEMS; SAMPLING; TRAWL SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

EID: 0030621046     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146021     Document Type: Article

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