Novel Acoustic Techniques for Assessing Fish Schooling in the Context of an Operational Ocean Observatory

Abstract

Fish aggregation is important in terms of biology, fisheries, and measurement, quantitative analyses of gregarious movement behaviors remain relatively rare (Turchin 1989). Fish aggregation has most often been studied in easily accessed fish or fish easily maintained in the laboratory such as minnows and dace (see a review in Pitcher and Parrish 1993). Measurements of fish aggregations are often difficult, particularly in pelagic environments. Our goal is to develop new acoustic techniques that have the potential to serve as measurement tools to quantify this ubiquitous and important behavior.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA533118

Entities

People

  • Oscar Schofield
  • Scott Glenn

Organizations

  • Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Scattering
  • Acoustics
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Backscattering
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biology
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Environment
  • Fish
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • New Jersey
  • Observatories
  • Oceans
  • Scattering
  • Sonar
  • Underwater Vehicles

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aquatic Ecology