Scotian Shelf euphausiid and silver hake population changes during 1984-1996 measured by multi-frequency acoustics

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-132

  Cochrane, N A ^a   Sameoto, D D ^a   Herman, A W ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Backscatter; Euphausiids; Krill; Silver hake

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; POPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONALITY; SILVER HAKE; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EMERALD BASIN; SCOTIAN SHELF;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0034103698     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1999.0563     Document Type: Article

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