Zooplankton size and distribution within mesoscale structures in the Mozambique Channel: A comparative approach using the TAPS acoustic profiler, a multiple net sampler and ZooScan image analysis

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 136-152

  Lebourges Dhaussy, A ^a   Huggett, J ^b,c   Ockhuis, S ^d   Roudaut, G ^a   Josse, E ^a   Verheye, H ^b,c  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b Department of Environmental Affairs   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Eddies; Mozambique Channel; Multinet; TAPS; Zooplankton; ZooScan

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNELS; MULTINET; ZOOPLANKTON; ZOOSCAN;

ACOUSTICS; STORMS; TAPS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; POPULATION SIZE; PROFILER; SAMPLER; SENSOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84897625974     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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