Acoustic observation of living organisms reveals the upper limit of the oxygen minimum zone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Bertrand, Arnaud ^a,b   Ballón, Michael ^a,b   Chaigneau, Alexis ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACOUSTICS; ANCHOVY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGRAULIS RINGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SEA;

ENGRAULIS RINGENS;

OXYGEN;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN;

EID: 77956433280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010330     Document Type: Article

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