Euphausiid distribution along the Western Antarctic Peninsula-Part A: Development of robust multi-frequency acoustic techniques to identify euphausiid aggregations and quantify euphausiid size, abundance, and biomass

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 412-431

  Lawson, Gareth L ^a   Wiebe, Peter H ^a   Stanton, Timothy K ^a   Ashjian, Carin J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic methods; Antarctic krill; Euphausiid distribution; Marguerite Bay; Multi frequency; Western Antarctic Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS;

EUPHAUSIID SIZE; INVERSION METHOD; VIDEO SYSTEMS; VOLUME BACKSCATTERING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; GROUP SIZE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TESTING METHOD; THRESHOLD;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 40249089739     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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