Estimating the spatial distribution of zooplankton biomass by combining Video Plankton Recorder and single-frequency acoustic data

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1175-1199

  Benfield, Mark C ^a   Wiebe, Peter H ^b   Stanton, Timothy K ^b   Davis, Cabell S ^b   Gallager, Scott M ^b   Greene, Charles H ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; DISTRIBUTION; VIDEO PLANKTON RECORDER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIDEOGRAPHY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0032124735     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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