Effects of Benthopelagic Animals on Seabed Properties

Abstract

The long-term goals of this research are to improve the ability of benthic biologists and biological oceanographers to observe life on and in the seabed; to describe the interactions between the animals that live there, their neighbors and their food; to improve our understanding of the coupling between the benthic and the pelagic communities; and to assess biologically mediated changes in those physical properties of the seabed that affect the scattering and penetration of sound from and into the bottom.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA629101

Entities

People

  • C. F. Greenlaw
  • D. E. Mcgehee
  • D. V. Holliday

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Scattering
  • Acoustics
  • Animals
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Communities
  • Couplings
  • Data Processing
  • Daylight
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Marine Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Physical Properties
  • Scattering
  • Zooplankton

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aquatic Ecology