Acoustic detection of mesopelagic fishes in scattering layers of the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1186-1197

  Peña, Marian ^a   Olivar, M Pilar ^b   Balbín, Rosa ^a   López Jurado, Jose Luis ^a   Iglesias, Magdalena ^a   Miquel, Joan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; NEKTON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84904990879     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0331     Document Type: Article

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