Lateral-aspect, target-strength measurements of in situ herring (Clupea harengus)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1191-1196

  Pedersen, Geir ^a,b   Handegard, Nils Olav ^a   Ona, Egil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CMR Instrumentation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Depth dependence; Herring; In situ; Split beam; Target strength

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 79952709762     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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