Effect of Scuba Divers on Fish Density and Target Strength Estimates from Stationary Dual-Beam Hydroacoustics
作者:
DavidR. Stanley,
CharlesA. Wilson,
期刊:
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 124,
issue 6
页码: 946-949
ISSN:0002-8487
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1577/1548-8659(1995)124<0946:EOSDOF>2.3.CO;2
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The effect of the presence of scuba divers conducting visual point count surveys on the abundance and size distribution of fishes estimated with dual-beam hydroacoustics was examined at a petroleum platform in the northern Gulf of Mexico during November 1991 and February, March, and June 1992. Mean density of fishes declined 41–77% for all sampling periods when scuba divers were present. Target strengths also dropped significantly for all sampling periods when scuba divers were present. Our results show that fishes at petroleum platforms avoid scuba divers. Therefore, visual surveys of fish at petroleum platforms and other similar environments should be supplemented with hydroacoustic assessments.
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