Spatial dynamics of a nearshore, micronekton sound-scattering layer

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 899-913

  Benoit Bird, Kelly J ^a   Au, Whitlow W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic sampling; Biological forcing; Hawaiian islands; Heterogeneity; Mesopelagic boundary community; Patchiness; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; HETEROGENEITY; MICRONEKTON; PATCHINESS; SOUND SCATTERING;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; HAWAIIA;

EID: 0038378500     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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