Rigs-to-reefs in the North Sea: Hydroacoustic quantification of fish in the vicinity of a "semi-cold" platform

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Soldal, Aud Vold ^a   Svellingen, Ingvald ^a   Jørgensen, Terje ^a   Løkkeborg, Svein ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic quantification; Artificial reefs; North Sea; Oil platforms; Rigs to reefs

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ARTIFICIAL REEF; GAS PLATFORM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OIL PLATFORM;

NORTH SEA;

GADUS MORHUA; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 0036805176     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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