Acoustic characterization of seafloor habitats on the western continental shelf of India / Chakraborty, Bishwajit

Public ISBD Faire une suggestion d'achat Titre : Acoustic characterization of seafloor habitats on the western continental shelf of India Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Chakraborty, Bishwajit, Auteur Importance : pp. 551-558 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 508 Voyages et relevés scientifiques. Histoire naturelle Résumé : This is a study of the interaction effects of the dual-frequency (210 and 33 kHz) backscatter signal with seafloor sediment and benthic biota along a transect in water 27-83 m deep offshore of the Goa region of India's central west coast. Estimation of the power-law exponent using seafloor topographic data provided equivalent values even when using dual high-frequency systems for different grain-size sediments. Backscatter signals corrected from system-related gain, etc., reveal better correlations with sedimentary and benthic parameters than the estimated coherence parameters (using echo peaks). Statistically, correlations are significant for the 210kHz backscatter signal with sand and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) sediment content. Also, correlations are higher for macro-benthic biomass {wet weight) and population density with a 210 kHz backscatter strength, emphasizing the dominant seawater-seafloor interface scattering process. For 33 kHz backscatter strength, the absence of such correlations indicates a different scattering process, i.e. dominant sediment volume scattering attributable to the comparatively lower signal attenuation. Additionally, to validate the results, the backscatter signals from other locations in the vicinity of this transect were considered. Acoustic characterization of seafloor habitats on the western continental shelf of India [texte imprimé] / Chakraborty, Bishwajit, Auteur . - [s.d.] . - pp. 551-558. Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 508 Voyages et relevés scientifiques. Histoire naturelle Résumé : This is a study of the interaction effects of the dual-frequency (210 and 33 kHz) backscatter signal with seafloor sediment and benthic biota along a transect in water 27-83 m deep offshore of the Goa region of India's central west coast. Estimation of the power-law exponent using seafloor topographic data provided equivalent values even when using dual high-frequency systems for different grain-size sediments. Backscatter signals corrected from system-related gain, etc., reveal better correlations with sedimentary and benthic parameters than the estimated coherence parameters (using echo peaks). Statistically, correlations are significant for the 210kHz backscatter signal with sand and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) sediment content. Also, correlations are higher for macro-benthic biomass {wet weight) and population density with a 210 kHz backscatter strength, emphasizing the dominant seawater-seafloor interface scattering process. For 33 kHz backscatter strength, the absence of such correlations indicates a different scattering process, i.e. dominant sediment volume scattering attributable to the comparatively lower signal attenuation. Additionally, to validate the results, the backscatter signals from other locations in the vicinity of this transect were considered.

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