Tracking herring schools with a high resolution sonar. Variations in horizontal area and relative echo intensity

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-66

  Misund, Ole Arve ^a   Fernö, Anders ^b   Pitcher, Tony ^c   Totland, Bjørn ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echo intensity; Herring; School area; Schools; Sonar

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDING; FISH SCHOOL; HERRING; SONAR;

NORWAY;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0032007759     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0228     Document Type: Article

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