Estimated biomass of vertically migrating mesopelagic fish off New Zealand

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 1263-1281

  McClatchie, S ^a   Dunford, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Biomass; Fish; Mesopelagic; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOMASS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EPIPELAGIC ZONES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FISHERIES;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACOUSTIC METHOD; BIOMASS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MESOPELAGIC ZONE;

CHATHAM RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

BOOPS; LAMPANYCTODES HECTORIS; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; MAUROLICUS AUSTRALIS; PISCES; SYMBOLOPHORUS BOOPS;

EID: 0344512392     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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