Dolphin prey abundance determined from acoustic backscatter data in eastern Pacific surveys

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-247

  Fiedler, Paul C ^a   Barlow, Jay ^a   Gerrodette, Tim ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; DOLPHIN; ECHOSOUNDING; PREY ABUNDANCE;

PACIFIC, (EAST);

EID: 0031971984     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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