Spatial structure of co-occurring anchovy and sardine populations from acoustic data: Implications for survey design

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 94-108

  Barange, Manuel ^a   Hampton, Ian ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Anchovy; Geostatistics; Sardine; Spatial structure; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ANCHOVY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SARDINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVEY DESIGN;

ATLANTIC; BENGUELA SYSTEM;

ANCHOA; ENGRAULIS CAPENSIS; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 0030844367     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1997.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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