Observing the oceans acoustically

BM Howe, J Miksis-Olds, E Rehm, H Sagen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Acoustics play a central role in humankind's interactions with the ocean and the life within.
Passive listening to ocean “soundscapes” informs us about the physical and bio-acoustic …

Ecological insights from pelagic habitats acquired using active acoustic techniques

KJ Benoit-Bird, GL Lawson - Annual review of marine science, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Marine pelagic ecosystems present fascinating opportunities for ecological investigation but
pose important methodological challenges for sampling. Active acoustic techniques involve …

Biophysical interactions in the plankton: A cross‐scale review

JC Prairie, KR Sutherland, KJ Nickols… - Limnology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In plankton ecology, biological and physical dynamics are coupled, structuring how plankton
interact with their environment and other organisms. This interdisciplinary field has …

Very large subaqueous sand dunes on the upper continental slope in the South China Sea generated by episodic, shoaling deep-water internal solitary waves

DB Reeder, BB Ma, YJ Yang - Marine Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Very large subaqueous sand dunes were discovered on the upper continental slope of the
northern South China Sea. The dunes were observed along a single 40km long transect …

Determining dominant scatterers of sound in mixed zooplankton populations

AC Lavery, PH Wiebe, TK Stanton… - The Journal of the …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
High-frequency acoustic scattering techniques have been used to investigate dominant
scatterers in mixed zooplankton populations. Volume backscattering was measured in the …

Fine-scale prey aggregations and foraging ecology of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae

EL Hazen, AS Friedlaender, MA Thompson… - Marine Ecology …, 2009 - int-res.com
Analyses of the foraging behavior of large cetaceans have generally focused on either
correlations with environmental conditions at regional scales or observations of surface …

[HTML][HTML] Acoustic backscattering at a tidal intrusion front

C Bassett, AC Lavery, D Ralston, WR Geyer… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Strong spatial gradients and rapidly evolving, three-dimensional structure make estuarine
fronts difficult to sample. Echosounders can be used near fronts to provide nearly synoptic …

Measurements of acoustic scattering from zooplankton and oceanic microstructure using a broadband echosounder

AC Lavery, D Chu, JN Moum - ICES journal of marine science, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Lavery, AC, Chu, D., and Moum, JN 2010. Measurements of acoustic scattering
from zooplankton and oceanic microstructure using a broadband echosounder.–ICES …

Acoustic detection of mesopelagic fishes in scattering layers of the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean)

M Peña, MP Olivar, R Balbín… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
The distributions of micronekton layers in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean) were
investigated by acoustic methods. Two multidisciplinary surveys were carried out in late …

Classification trees for species identification of fish-school echotraces

PG Fernandes - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Fernandes, PG 2009. Classification trees for species identification of fish-school echotraces.–
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 1073–1080. Acoustic surveys provide valuable …