Meanings
- not comparableRelating to micronekton
Each cell was spatially integrated to obtain the relative acoustic biomass or nautical area-scattering coefficients (NASC) [35 ,38 ] in m 2 nmi -2, which is used as a proxy for micronektonic organisms density, assuming that the composition of scatterers did not change significantly in space or time.
2015 November 26, “Characterizing a Foraging Hotspot for Short-Finned Pilot Whales and Blainville’s Beaked Whales Located off the West Side of Hawai‘i Island by Using Tagging and Oceanographic Data”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From micronekton + -ic or micro- + nektonic.
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