Ecological studies of marine mammals using a seabed-mounted echosounder

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1029-1036

  Doksæter, Lise ^a   Godø, Olav R ^a   Olsen, Erik ^a   Nøttestad, Leif ^a   Patel, Ruben ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic detections; Marine mammals; Mid Atlantic Ridge

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70450197494     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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