Automated acoustic tracking of aquatic animals: Scales, design and deployment of listening station arrays

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-

  Heupel, M R ^a   Semmens, J M ^b,c   Hobday, A J ^d,e  

^a CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Movement patterns; Telemetry; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ORGANISM; MOVEMENT; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30944433385     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05091     Document Type: Review

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