Acoustic data collected during and between bottom trawl stations: Consistency and common trends

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-180

  Bez, Nicolas ^a,g   Reid, David ^b   Neville, Suzanna ^c   Vérin, Yves ^d   Hjellvik, Vidar ^e   Gerritsen, Hans D ^f,h  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^h MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; DATA ACQUISITION; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING; TRAWL NET; TRAWLING;

EID: 34247222674     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-174     Document Type: Article

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