| Titre : |
Acoustic observations of micronekton fish on the scale of an ocean basin : potential and challenges |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Kloser, Rudy J., Auteur |
| Importance : |
pp. 998-1006 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
508 Voyages et relevés scientifiques. Histoire naturelle |
| Résumé : |
Acoustic methods of characterizing micronekton communities (2 to 20 cm length) on the scale of an ocean basin could provide valuable inputs to ecosystem-based fishery management, marine planning, and monitoring the effects of climate change. The micro-nekton fish are important forage for top predators (e.g. tunas), and information on their diversity, distribution, size-structure, and abundance is needed to increase accuracy of top-predator distribution and abundance predictions. At the scale of an ocean basin, four years of Tasman Sea transects using a fishing vessel provide fine-scale maps of acoustic backscatter at 38 kHz that reveal detailed spatial patterns and structure to depths of 1200 m. Research-vessel data provide detailed biodiversity, density, size structure, and acoustic-scattering information from depth-stratified net sampling and a lowered acoustic probe. Wet-weight biomass estimates of the micronekton fish in the region vary considerably by a factor of 5-58 between acoustics (16-29 g m- 2), nets (1.6 g m 2), and large spatial-scale, ecological models (0.5-3 g m-2). We demonstrate the potential and challenges of an acoustic basin-scale, fishing-vessel monitoring programme, including optical and net sensing, which could assist in characterizing the biodiversity, distribution, and biomass of the micronekton fish. |
Acoustic observations of micronekton fish on the scale of an ocean basin : potential and challenges [texte imprimé] / Kloser, Rudy J., Auteur . - [s.d.] . - pp. 998-1006. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Index. décimale : |
508 Voyages et relevés scientifiques. Histoire naturelle |
| Résumé : |
Acoustic methods of characterizing micronekton communities (2 to 20 cm length) on the scale of an ocean basin could provide valuable inputs to ecosystem-based fishery management, marine planning, and monitoring the effects of climate change. The micro-nekton fish are important forage for top predators (e.g. tunas), and information on their diversity, distribution, size-structure, and abundance is needed to increase accuracy of top-predator distribution and abundance predictions. At the scale of an ocean basin, four years of Tasman Sea transects using a fishing vessel provide fine-scale maps of acoustic backscatter at 38 kHz that reveal detailed spatial patterns and structure to depths of 1200 m. Research-vessel data provide detailed biodiversity, density, size structure, and acoustic-scattering information from depth-stratified net sampling and a lowered acoustic probe. Wet-weight biomass estimates of the micronekton fish in the region vary considerably by a factor of 5-58 between acoustics (16-29 g m- 2), nets (1.6 g m 2), and large spatial-scale, ecological models (0.5-3 g m-2). We demonstrate the potential and challenges of an acoustic basin-scale, fishing-vessel monitoring programme, including optical and net sensing, which could assist in characterizing the biodiversity, distribution, and biomass of the micronekton fish. |
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