Schooling behaviour of sardine sardinops sagax in false bay, south africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 185-193

  Misund, O A ^a   Svellingen, I ^a   Coetzee, J C ^b   Freon P ^b   Gardener, M ^c   Olsen, K ^d   Hampton, I ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c Institute of Maritime Technology   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e Fisheries Resource Surveys   (South Africa)

Author keywords

SARDINE; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOUR; SONAR; SOUTH AFRICA

Indexed keywords

SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SONAR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; FALSE BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

SARDINOPS; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 0346264819     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320309504009     Document Type: Article

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