Frequency- and depth-dependent target strength measurements of individual mesopelagic scatterers
Frequency- and depth-dependent target strength measurements of individual mesopelagic scatterers
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2020-08-18
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Bassett, Christopher
Lavery, Andone C.
Stanton, Timothy K.
DeWitt Cotter, Emma
Lavery, Andone C.
Stanton, Timothy K.
DeWitt Cotter, Emma
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10.1121/10.0001745
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Recent estimates based on shipboard echosounders suggest that 50% or more of global fish biomass may reside in the mesopelagic zone (depths of ∼200–1000 m). Nonetheless, little is known about the acoustic target strengths (TS) of mesopelagic animals because ship-based measurements cannot resolve individual targets. As a result, biomass estimates of mesopelagic organisms are poorly constrained. Using an instrumented tow-body, broadband (18–90 kHz) TS measurements were obtained at depths from 70 to 850 m. A comparison between TS measurements at-depth and values used in a recent global estimate of mesopelagic biomass suggests lower target densities at most depths.
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Author Posting. © Acoustical Society of America, 2020. This article is posted here by permission of Acoustical Society of America for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 148(2),(2020): EL153-EL158, doi:10.1121/10.0001745.
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Bassett, C., Lavery, A. C., Stanton, T. K., & Cotter, E. D. (2020). Frequency- and depth-dependent target strength measurements of individual mesopelagic scatterers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(2), EL153-EL158.