Consecutive acoustic observations of an Atlantic herring school in the Northwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1270-1277

  Weber, Thomas C ^a   Peña, Héctor ^b   Jech, J Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic herring; Fish schools; Multibeam echosounder; Split beam echosounder

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 77549083357     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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