Relating spatial distributions of acoustically determined patches of fish and plankton: Data viewing, image analysis, and spatial proximity

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 188-198

  Swartzman, Gordon ^a   Brodeur, Richard ^b   Napp, Jeffrey ^b   Walsh, Danny ^a   Hewitt, Roger ^c   Demer, David ^c   Hunt, George ^d   Logerwell, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0033492606     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-56-s1-188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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