Advancing our understanding of ocean biogeochemistry, biology, and ecosystems relies on
the ability to make observations both in the ocean and at the critical boundaries between the …

Interdisciplinary data fuel fisheries oceanography research and the ecosystem‐based
approaches to management and sustainable development it informs. Underlying this is a …

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 …

Marine acoustic sources are widely used for geophysical imaging, oceanographic sensing,
and communicating with and tracking objects or robotic vehicles in the water column. Under …

The use of quantitative broadband echosounders for biological studies and surveys can
offer considerable advantages over narrowband echosounders. These include improved …

It remains an open question how well the increased bandwidth afforded by broadband
echosounders can improve species discrimination in fisheries acoustics. Here, an objective …

In this study, we describe the dynamics of the sound scattering layers (SSLs), particularly
those of fish and macroplankton communities in the epipelagic layer, in the Seychelles …

Broadband echosounders measure the scattering response of an organism over a range of
frequencies. When compared with acoustic scattering models, this response can provide …

Identifying sound-scattering organisms is a perennial challenge in fisheries acoustics. Most
practitioners classify backscatter based on direct sampling, frequency-difference thresholds …

Broadband acoustic scattering techniques are not widely used in fisheries acoustics, but this
may change due to the recent commercial availability of a broadband echosounder system …