• Acoustic observations of jellyfish in the Namibian Benguela 

      Brierley, Andrew S.; Axelsen, Bjørn Erik; Buecher, Emmanuelle; Sparks, Conrad A. J.; Boyer, Helen; Gibbons, Mark J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2001-01-26)
      Multi-frequency acoustic data (18, 38 and 120 kHz) were collected in conjunction with pelagic trawl sampling for gelatinous macrozooplankton during a cruise to the Namibian Benguela in September 1999. Sampling focused ...
    • From siphonophores to deep scattering layers: Uncertainty ranges for the estimation of global mesopelagic fish biomass 

      Proud, Roland; Handegard, Nils Olav; Kloser, Rudy; Cox, Martin J.; Brierley, Andrew S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The mesopelagic community is important for downward oceanic carbon transportation and is a potential food source for humans. Estimates of global mesopelagic fish biomass vary substantially (between 1 and 20 Gt). Here, we ...
    • Model-informed classification of broadband acoustic backscatter from zooplankton in an in situ mesocosm 

      Dunn, Muriel Barbara; McGowan-Yallop, Chelsey; Pedersen, Geir; Falk-Petersen, Stig; Daase, Malin Hildegard Elisabeth; Last, Kim; Langbehn, Tom; Fielding, Sophie; Brierley, Andrew S.; Cottier, Finlo Robert; Basedow, Sünnje Linnéa; Camus, Lionel; Geoffroy, Maxime (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Classification of zooplankton to species with broadband echosounder data could increase the taxonomic resolution of acoustic surveys and reduce the dependence on net and trawl samples for ‘ground truthing’. Supervised ...
    • Pinging down the food web: multi-frequency acoustic discrimination of jellyfish and fish 

      Lynam, Christopher P.; Brierley, Andrew S.; Axelsen, Bjørn Erik (ICES CM Documents;2004/R:6, Working paper, 2004)
      Jellyfish are gaining increasing prominence in many pelagic marine ecosystems worldwide. It has been argued that jellyfish-dominated communities will be the end-point in ecosystems perturbed by high fishing effort, and ...
    • Towards the acoustic estimation of jellyfish abundance 

      Brierley, Andrew S.; Boyer, D.; Axelsen, Bjørn Erik; Lynam, Christopher P.; Sparks, Conrad A. J.; Boyer, Helen; Gibbons, Mark J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005-06-23)
      Acoustic target strengths (TSs) of the 2 most common large medusae, Chrysaora hysoscella and Aequorea aequorea, in the northern Benguela (off Namibia) have previously been estimated (at 18, 38 and 120 kHz) from acoustic ...