Hydroacoustics as a tool for assessing fish biomass and size distribution associated with discrete shallow water estuarine habitats in Louisiana

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 607-617

  Boswell, Kevin M ^a   Wilson, Matthew P ^b   Wilson, Charles A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SonarData Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; MOLLUSC; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BARATARIA BAY; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

OSTREIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 35348849040     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02841958     Document Type: Article

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