SHALLOW SCATTERING LAYER IN SUBARCTIC PACIFIC OCEAN - DETECTION BY HIGH-FREQUENCY ECHO SOUNDER

被引:40
作者
BARRACLO.WE
LEBRASSE.RJ
KENNEDY, OD
机构
[1] Pacific Oceanographic Group, Biological Station, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Nanaimo, BC
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10.1126/science.166.3905.611
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Shallow scattering layers consisting mainly of Calanus cristatus were detected on a trans-Pacific crossing to depths of 60 meters with a high-frequency echo sounder. Biomass estimates of these layers indicate concentrations of zooplankton that are greater and more extensive than previously reported in the open ocean.
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