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Raw acoustic scattering data of reef associated fishes from the northwestern Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico - May 16, 2016

Authors: Kevin Boswell, William Patterson, Savannah LaBua
Published On: May 31 2018 15:52 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7WM1BR2
UDI: FL.x704.000:0003
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Project Information

Funded By:
Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program

Funding Cycle:
FLRACEP 1

Research Group:
Fishery-Independent Surveys of Reef Fish Community, Size, and Age Structure off Northwest Florida

Point of Contact

Kevin Boswell
Florida International University / Marine Sciences Program
kevin.boswell@fiu.edu

Data Collection Period
2016-05-16
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2016-05-16
Theme keywords

Acoustics, backscatter, transducer, transceiver, sonar, biota, environmental, reef, artificial reef, natural reef, Simrad EK80, echosounder

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Abstract:

Acoustic scattering data of reef associated fishes were collected across natural and artificial reef habitats from Cape San Blas, Florida to Pensacola, Florida during the summer of 2016. Multi-frequency acoustic backscatter were recorded with Simrad EK80 echosounders to measure the relative abundance of reef fishes associated with these habitats to help derive fishery-independent indices of abundance of dominant species. Data will be compared with ROV data collected during these surveys.

Suggested Citation:

Kevin Boswell, William Patterson, Savannah LaBua. 2018. Raw acoustic scattering data of reef associated fishes from the northwestern Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico - May 16, 2016. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7WM1BR2

Purpose:

Data will be used to identify indices of abundance of dominant reef fish species.

Data Parameters and Units:

Dataset contains *.raw files of acoustic scattering data from EK80 at 3 frequencies (38 kHz, 70 kHz and 120 kHz) and coordinates. The data were collected at Dutch Banks site. Data were collected on the cruise Intimidator 5/16/2016. No instrument files are available for this cruise due to weather conditions making it difficult to calibrate.

Instruments:

Machines used include: 38 kHz transducer and corresponding general purpose transceiver (GPT) 70 kHz transducer and corresponding wide-band transceiver (WBT) 120 kHz transducer and corresponding wide-band transceiver (WBT)

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