Multifrequency discrimination of fish and mysids

• The opossumshrimp (Mysis relicta) is common in many lakes in the northernparts of Eurasia and North America. The shrimp is often an importantlink in the foodweb for fish, either throughout life or in earlylife stages. Generally, quantitative measurements of mysidsin large volumes of water are difficult to obtain with traditionalsampling methods. In this pilot study, measurements of volume-backscatteringstrength (Sv) at 38, 120, and 200 kHz were used to separatebackscattering from fish and mysids. Mysids were sampled withtrawls. Where mysids were caught, the correlations between mysidbiomass (dry weight) and mean Sv at 120 and 200 kHz were positive(r2 = 0.89 and 0.81, respectively). Where mysids were abundant,the Sv exhibited a characteristic frequency response. This wasnot found where mysids were scarce or absent. Therefore, areaswith great abundances of mysids can be identified, and theirbiomasses estimated from data collected during ecosystem monitoring.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecology

Terrestrisk, limnisk och marin ekologi

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