Towards a standard operating procedure for fishery acoustic surveys in the Laurentian Great Lakes, North America

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1391-1397

  Rudstam, Lars G ^a   Parker Stetter, Sandra L ^b   Sullivan, Patrick J ^a   Warner, David M ^c  

^a Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewife; Analysis thresholds; Detection limits; Hydroacoustics; Laurentian Great Lakes; Rainbow smelt; Standard operating procedures

Indexed keywords

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; COREGONUS; OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 84859426622     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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