Quantification of the abundance and distribution of the common jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l. with a Dual-frequency IDentification SONar (DIDSON)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 805-814

  Han, Chang Hoon ^a   Uye, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; COASTAL WATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; JELLYFISH; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SONAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AURELIA AURITA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 68349101096     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp029     Document Type: Article

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