Impact of environmental forcing on the acoustic backscattering strength in the equatorial Pacific: Diurnal, lunar, intraseasonal, and interannual variability

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1314-1328

  Radenac, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Plimpton, Patricia E ^c   Lebourges Dhaussy, Anne ^d   Commien, Ludivine ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^c  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

ADCP moorings; Biological physical interactions; Equatorial Pacific; Micronekton; Sound scattering

Indexed keywords

ADCP MOORINGS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; MICRONEKTON; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; SOUND SCATTERING;

BACKSCATTERING; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECOLOGY; LAKES; MOORING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; STREAM FLOW;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MICRONEKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EUPHAUSIIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 77956879978     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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