On the target strength of Baltic clupeids

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1184-1190

  Fässler, Sascha M M ^a   Gorska, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic herring; Baltic sprat; Fat content; Salinity; Swimbladder; Target strength

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS BALTICUS;

EID: 83255189957     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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