Distribution of zooplankton inferred from hydroacoustic backscatter data in coastal waters off Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1005-1015

  Wilson, Steven G ^a,b,c   Pauly, Timothy ^d   Meekan, Mark G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AGGREGATION; BACKSCATTER; COASTAL WATER; PLANKTIVORE; SHARK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; INVERTEBRATA; MANTA; MOBULINAE; RHINCODON; RHINCODON TYPUS;

EID: 0036914699     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01229     Document Type: Article

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