Silent ships sometimes do encounter more fish. 2. Concurrent echosounder observations from a free-drifting buoy and vessels

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 996-1003

  De Robertis, Alex ^a   Wilson, Christopher D ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Noise reduced vessel; Vessel avoidance; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACOUSTICS; BUOY SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO SOUNDER; FISH BIOLOGY; GADOID; SHIP DESIGN; SHIP MOTION; UNDERWATER NOISE;

ALASKA; SHUMAGIN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

POLLACHIUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 77953636043     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp301     Document Type: Article

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