 |
Marine ICT Research |
 |
|
Types of Projects > Sonar
and Acoustics Projects
Acoustic sensors are particularly important for data collection
in underwater environments. Marine animals themselves, particularly
whales, use sound as a long-range communication medium and
sonar systems, which emit and receive sound pulses, have been
used extensively for undersea mapping. Researchers from the
school, and from the Sonardata cisany, are developing algorithms
to detect fish schools, and to determine fish species and
overall biomass estimates for each school, using the new generation
of multi-beam sonar systems. Marine animals can also be tracked
using tiny acoustic transmitters attached to their bodies.
Other researchers have developed software which is able to
analyse and visualise tracking data provided by acoustic listening
stations, located around the coastline of Tasmania, as they
track a range of marine animals which have been fitted with
acoustic transmitters.
|
 Image Source: Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute
| |
| |
 |
|
 |
