A method for the identification and characterization of clusters of schools along the transect lines of fisheries-acoustic surveys

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 872-884

  Petitgas, Pierre ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Aggregation; Clusters; Fish schools; Spatial point process

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AGGREGATION; CATCHABILITY; FISHERY SURVEY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TRANSECT;

EID: 0038378518     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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