The acoustic target strength of herring (Clupea harengus L.) in the northern Baltic Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 803-808

  Peltonen, Heikki ^a   Balk, Helge ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Herring; Hydroacoustic; Target strength; TS; VPA

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; TARGET STRENGTH; VIRTUAL POPULATION ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 19744364558     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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