Silent ships do not always encounter more fish: Comparison of acoustic backscatter recorded by a noise-reduced and a conventional research vessel

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 623-635

  De Robertis, Alex ^a   Hjellvik, Vidar ^b,c   Williamson, Neal J ^a   Wilson, Christopher D ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Hearing; Noise reduced vessel; Survey; Vessel avoidance; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ADULT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BACKSCATTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GADOID; HEARING; RESEARCH VESSEL; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

POLLACHIUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 44649113014     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn025     Document Type: Article

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