Presentation 2018-08-30
Study on acoustic scattering characteristics of pointhead flounder (Cleisthenes pinetorum)
Tohru Mukai, Naizheng Yan, Jun Yamamoto, Kohei Hasegawa,
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Abstract(in English) This study addresses the characteristics of the pointhead flounder Cleisthenes pinetorum using a quantitative echosounder in and near Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Acoustics data of the fish were monitored using a Simrad EK60 (38, 120, 200 kHz) split-beam echo sounder, and biological samples were collected using a rod for the pointhead flounder and a frame-type midwater trawl for the juvenile walleye pollock (The most important prey of pointhead flounder). The pointhead flounder schools presented a patch shaped echo on the echograms and showed strong scattering at all three frequencies, whereas the distribution patterns of the juvenile walleye pollock schools were layered. The volume backscattering strength (SV) of the target schools extracted from the echograms showed that the pointhead flounder presented a higher SV at high frequency, which is consistent with the early surveys of other bladderless fish.
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Keyword(in English) Pointhead flounder / Quantitative echosounder / Juvenile walleye pollock / Volume backscattering strength / acoustic characteristics
Paper # US2018-46
Date of Issue 2018-08-23 (US)

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Committee US
Conference Date 2018/8/30(1days)
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Place (in English) Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Chair Shinichi Takeuchi(Toin Univ. of Yokohama)
Vice Chair Minoru Kurosawa(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) / Jun Kondo(Shizuoka Univ.)
Secretary Minoru Kurosawa(Univ. of Tokyo) / Jun Kondo(Kanagawa Univ.)
Assistant Daisuke Koyama(Doshisha Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Ultrasonics
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Study on acoustic scattering characteristics of pointhead flounder (Cleisthenes pinetorum)
Sub Title (in English) Characteristics of pointhead flounder observed with a quantitative echosounder.
Keyword(1) Pointhead flounder
Keyword(2) Quantitative echosounder
Keyword(3) Juvenile walleye pollock
Keyword(4) Volume backscattering strength
Keyword(5) acoustic characteristics
1st Author's Name Tohru Mukai
1st Author's Affiliation Hokkaido University(Hokkaido Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Naizheng Yan
2nd Author's Affiliation Hokkaido University(Hokkaido Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Jun Yamamoto
3rd Author's Affiliation Hokkaido University(Hokkaido Univ.)
4th Author's Name Kohei Hasegawa
4th Author's Affiliation Hokkaido University(Hokkaido Univ.)
Date 2018-08-30
Paper # US2018-46
Volume (vol) vol.118
Number (no) US-199
Page pp.pp.29-32(US),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2018-08-23 (US)