Spatio-temporal variability in the distribution of epi- and meso-pelagic acoustic backscatter in the Irminger Sea, North Atlantic, with implications for predation on Calanus finmarchicus

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1177-1188

  Anderson, C I H ^a   Brierley, A S ^a   Armstrong, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; ECHO SOUNDER; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRMINGER SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 18644380727     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1510-8     Document Type: Article

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