How much fish is hidden in the surface and bottom acoustic blind zones?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1355-1363

  Scalabrin, Carla ^a   Marfia, Christian ^a   Boucher, Jean ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic blind zone; Anchovy; Autonomous underwater vehicles; Bay of Biscay; Hake

Indexed keywords

ENGRAULIDAE; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 77952182867     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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