Target strengths of Antartic krill (Euphausia superba)

Encaged aggregations of swimming krill have been measured at 38 and 120 kHz. The results indicate that the target strength values are substantially lower than previously assumed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Everson, Inigo, Bone, Douglas G., Watkins, Jonathan L., Foote, Kenneth G.
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	ICES 1988
Subjects:	krill echo sounder ekkolodd VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 antartic* Euphausia superba
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/104386

Description
Summary:	Encaged aggregations of swimming krill have been measured at 38 and 120 kHz. The results indicate that the target strength values are substantially lower than previously assumed.