In situ relations of target strength to fish size for great lakes pelagic planktivores

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 786-794

  Fleischer, Guy W ^a   Argyle, Ray L ^a   Curtis, Gary L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; BODY SIZE; PELAGIC FISH; PLANKTIVOROUS FISH; TARGET STRENGTH;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; COREGONUS HOYI; OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 0031443802     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0786:ISROTS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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