In Situ Measurement of Sound Attenuation by Fish Schools (Japanese Horse Mackerel, Trachurus japonicus) at Mid-Frequency Bands
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Title
- In Situ Measurement of Sound Attenuation by Fish Schools (Japanese Horse Mackerel, Trachurus japonicus) at Mid-Frequency Bands
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Author(s)
- Kim, Hansoo; Paeng, Dong-Guk
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- Kim, Hansoo(김한수)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 김한수
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Publication Year
- 2021-02
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Abstract
- Acoustic waves are attenuated by fish schools as they propagate through the ocean. The attenuation by fish schools is not currently considered in fishery acoustics and sonar applications, especially at mid-frequency bands. In this study, fish school attenuation experiments were conducted with a number of individual fish in situ in a net cage at mid-frequency bands (3-7 kHz). The target fish species was the Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus), which typically forms fish schools in the coastal ocean of northeastern Asia. The attenuated acoustic waves were measured for the cases of non-net, only net (0), 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 individual horse mackerels in the net cage. Results showed that the acoustic signal attenuation increased with the number of horse mackerels. The mean and maximum attenuation coefficients were approximately 6.0-15.4 dB/m and 6.5-21.8 dB/m for all frequencies, respectively. The measured attenuation coefficients were compared with the ones from previous studies to propose new regression models with normalized extinction cross-sections of weight and length of fish. This study confirmed that the fish school attenuation could not be ignored and compensated at mid-frequencies in the ocean. These results would be useful for fishery acoustics, especially in the development of scientific echo-sounder, and naval applications of sonar operations and analysis.
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ISSN
- 2076-3417
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/40162
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DOI
- 10.3390/app11041944
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Bibliographic Citation
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, v.11, no.4, pp.1 - 12, 2021
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Publisher
- MDPI
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Keywords
- sound attenuation; fish schools; mid-frequency; in situ measurement; Japanese horse mackerel
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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