Omnidirectional multibeam sonar monitoring: Applications in fisheries science

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-179

  Brehmer, Patrice ^a   Lafont, Thierry ^b   Georgakarakos, Stratis ^c   Josse, Erwan ^d   Gerlotto, François ^a   Collet, Christophe ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Direct approach; Fish behaviour; Fish school; Fish school cluster; Fisher behaviour; Multibeam omnidirectional sonar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; FISHERY SCIENCE; MONITORING; MULTIBEAM SONAR; RESEARCH VESSEL; SONAR IMAGERY;

EID: 33747323342     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2006.00218.x     Document Type: Review

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