The abundance and distribution of euphausiids and zero-age pollock on the inner shelf of the southeast Bering Sea near the Inner Front in 1997-1999

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 6009-6030

  Coyle, K O ^a   Pinchuk, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; SCATTERING;

ACOUSTIC DATA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BERING SEA;

EID: 0036439125     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00331-4     Document Type: Article

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