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The distribution of pelagic sound scattering layers across the southwest Indian Ocean
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dc.contributor.author | Boersch-Supan, Philipp H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rogers, Alex D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brierley, Andrew S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-15T00:32:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-15T00:32:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-02 | |
dc.identifier | 202514612 | |
dc.identifier | f047814c-a8c2-4032-ad66-d9ea58609e2c | |
dc.identifier | 84940094765 | |
dc.identifier | 000395228700009 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Boersch-Supan , P H , Rogers , A D & Brierley , A S 2017 , ' The distribution of pelagic sound scattering layers across the southwest Indian Ocean ' , Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography , vol. 136 , pp. 108-121 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.06.023 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0967-0645 | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:3E58AB0097A36551057D0E808916C393 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-6438-6892/work/60427330 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/10105 | |
dc.description | Ship of Opportunity Data were sourced from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)—an initiative of the Australian Government being conducted as part of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative. Other acoustic data were collected as part of the Southwest Indian Ocean Seamounts Project (http://www.iucn.org/marine/seamounts) which was supported supported by the EAF Nansen Project, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Global Environment Facility, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/F005504/1), the Leverhulme Trust (Grant F00390C) and the Total Foundation. We thank the Masters, officers, crews and science parties of cruises DFN 2009-410 and JCO66/67 for their assistance during echosounder calibration and data acquisition, and two anonymous reviewers for their comments. PHBS was supported by the German National Academic Foundation, a Cusanuswerk doctoral fellowship, and a Lesley & Charles Hilton-Brown Scholarship. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Shallow and deep scattering layers (SLs) were surveyed with split-beam echosounders across the southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) to investigate their vertical and geographical distribution. Cluster analysis was employed to objectively classify vertical backscatter profiles. Correlations between backscatter and environmental covariates were modelled using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs) with spatial error structures. Structurally distinct SL regimes were found across the Subantarctic Front. GAMMs indicated a close relationship between sea surface temperature and mean volume backscatter, with significantly elevated backscatter in the subtropical convergence zone. The heterogeneous distribution of scattering layer biota reflects the biogeographic zonation of the survey area and is likely to have implications for predator foraging and carbon cycling in the Indian Ocean. | |
dc.format.extent | 14 | |
dc.format.extent | 2717553 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | en |
dc.subject | Backscatter | en |
dc.subject | Echosounders | en |
dc.subject | Scattering layers | en |
dc.subject | Vertical profiles | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | The distribution of pelagic sound scattering layers across the southwest Indian Ocean | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Pelagic Ecology Research Group | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.06.023 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2017-01-14 | |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064515002258#appd002 | en |
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