Acoustic characteristics of fish bombing: Potential to develop an automated blast detector

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-106

  Woodman, George H ^a,d   Wilson, Simon C ^b,c   Li, Vincent Y F ^d   Renneberg, Reinhard ^d  

^a Li Po Chun United World College   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Hong Kong Univ of Sci/Technology ^*  (Oman)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Destructive fishing practices; Fish bombing; Fishery management; Noise; Reefs; Underwater explosions

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; REEFS; UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS;

BLAST SIGNALS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EXPLOSIVE;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLOSION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; FISH; FISHERY; FISHING; NOISE; RISK;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOSIONS; FISHERIES; FISHES; NOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0037247627     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00322-3     Document Type: Article

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