When good neighbours become good friends: Observing small scale structures in fish aggregations using multibeam sonar

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-151

  Gerlotto, Francois ^a   Jones, Emma ^b   Bez, Nicolas ^a   Reid, David G ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Behaviour; Fish school; Geostatistics; Micro group; Multibeam sonar; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSPECIFIC; GADOID; GEOSTATISTICS; MULTIBEAM SONAR; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; PERU;

ENGRAULIDAE; GADIFORMES;

EID: 77954936783     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2010017     Document Type: Article

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