Aggregative patterns of pre-spawning Atlantic herring on Georges Bank from 1999-2010

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Jech, J Michael ^a   Stroman, Francine ^b,c  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Integrated Statistics   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic baskscatter survey; Herring school; Regression tree

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; CLUPEOID; DIEL VARIATION; FEEDING GROUND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MAINE;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 84859964248     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2012003     Document Type: Article

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