A comparison of lidar and echosounder measurements of fish schools in the Gulf of Mexico

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-154

  Churnside, James H ^a   Demer, David A ^b   Mahmoudi, Behzad ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echosounder; Fish; Lidar; Survey; Volume backscatter coefficient

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACKSCATTER; ECHO SOUNDER; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LIDAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0037302228     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1327     Document Type: Article

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