Acoustic survey of a jellyfish-dominated ecosystem (Mljet Island, Croatia)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-111

  Alvarez Colombo, G ^a   Benovic A ^b   Malej, A ^c   Lucic D ^b   Makovec, T ^c   Onofri, V ^b   Acha, M ^a,d,e   Madirolas, A ^a   Mianzan, H ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggregation structure; Aurelia; Biomass assessment; Distribution; Hydroacoustics; In situ target strength; Medusae; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; LIGHTING; OXYGEN; POPULATION STATISTICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

AGGREGATION STRUCTURE; AURELIA; BIOMASS ASSESSMENT; DISTRIBUTION; HYDROACOUSTICS; IN SITU TARGET STRENGTH; MEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IMAGE ANALYSIS; JELLYFISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION ESTIMATION; THERMOCLINE;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MLJET; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AURELIA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 57449115147     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9587-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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