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Lateral-aspect target strength measurements of in situ herring (Clupea harengus)

Pedersen, Geir; Handegard, Nils Olav; Ona, Egil
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/117227
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2009-07
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp121
Abstract
Surveys of schooling herring with the new multi-beam sonar (Simrad MS70) pose new challenges when converting the echo energy to estimates of biomass. Since the sonar projects

horizontally, data and models of lateral-aspect herring target strength TS are needed. In this study, TS of herring are measured with a horizontally-projecting split-beam echosounder (Simrad EK60). Target tracking methods are used to estimate swimming angles relative to the horizontal θ of individual herring within schools and layers, and to evaluate how θ and TS change vs. depth z. Measurements of θ and TS are input to a model describing TS as a function of θ and z. The results indicate that the mean lateral-aspect TS of in situ herring depends on z. Moreover, the mean

lateral-aspect TS is more sensitive to z than is the mean dorsal-aspect TS predicted by a published model. At z = 50 m, the mean lateral-aspect TS is nearly 2.5 dB higher than the mean dorsalaspect TS. Conversely, at z = 350 m, the lateral-aspect TS is 5 dB lower. These results suggest that herring swimbladders do not compress uniformly with increasing pressure, but compress dorso-ventrally more than laterally.
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This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in ICES Journal of Marine Science following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version ICES J. Mar. Sci. (2009) 66 (6): 1191-1196 is available online at: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/66/6/1191.
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Oxford University Press
Journal
ICES Journal of Marine Science

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