Maximum entropy reconstructions of krill distribution and estimates of krill density from acoustic surveys at South Georgia, 1996-2000

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2003, Pages 91-100

  Wafy, M H ^a   Brierley, A S ^a   Gull, S F ^b   Watkins, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey; Bayesian; CCAMLR; Density; Distribution; Hot spots; Krill; MaxEnt; Maximum Entropy; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037760520     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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