Hydroacoustic detection of large winter aggregations of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) at depth in ice-covered Franklin Bay (Beaufort Sea)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Benoit, Delphine ^a   Simard, Yvan ^b,c   Fortier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ACOUSTIC METHOD; BIOMASS; DETECTION METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HALOCLINE; ICE COVER; PREDATION; SEA ICE; TELEOST; WINTER;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; FRANKLIN BAY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

BOREOGADUS; BOREOGADUS SAIDA;

EID: 51449087586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004276     Document Type: Article

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