Hydroacoustic estimation of zooplankton biomass at two shoal complexes in the Apostle Islands Region of Lake Superior

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 680-696

  Holbrook, Beth V ^a   Hrabik, Thomas R ^a   Branstrator, Donn K ^a   Yule, Dan L ^b   Stockwell, Jason D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Hydroacoustic; Lake Superior; Spatial analysis; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; COMPLEXATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LAKE SUPERIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

APOSTLE ISLANDS; GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33845925601     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[680:HEOZBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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