An automatic and quantitative approach to the detection and tracking of acoustic scattering layers

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 12, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages 742-756

  Cade, David E ^a   Benoit Bird, Kelly J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84921631955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.742     Document Type: Article

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