Evaluation of target strength-fish length equation choices for estimating estuarine fish biomass

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-123

  Boswell, Kevin M ^a   Kaller, Michael D ^b   Cowan Jr , James H ^a   Wilson, Charles A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Barataria Bay; Biomass; Error; Estuary; Structural equation modeling (SEM); Target strength

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FISH; FISHERIES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NATURAL RESOURCES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURVEYS; TARGETS;

(001) PARAMETER; (E ,3E) PROCESS; ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; APPLIED (CO); BACKSCATTERING STRENGTH (BS); BUSINESS MEDIA; ERROR GENERATION; ESTUARINE FISH; FIELD DATA; FISH LENGTH; FISHERIES ACT; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; GULF OF MEXICO (GOM); HABITAT USE; POTENTIAL TOOL; SHALLOW WATERS; SIMULATED DATA; SPRINGER (CO); STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS (SEM); TARGET STRENGTH (TS);

ERROR ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE;

BARATARIA BAY; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749097130     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9425-x     Document Type: Article

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