FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Proposals for the collection of multifrequency acoustic data BT AF KORNELIUSSEN, R DINER, Noel ONA, E BERGER, Laurent FERNANDES, P AS 1:1;2:3;3:1;4:3;5:2; FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-STH-LTH;3:;4:PDG-DOP-DCB-NSE-ILE;5:; C1 Inst Marine Res, N-5817 Bergen, Norway. Marine Lab Aberdeen, Fisheries Res Serv, Aberdeen AB11 9DB, Scotland. IFREMER, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 INST MAR RES, NORWAY FRS, UK IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DOP-DCB-STH-LTH PDG-DOP-DCB-NSE-ILE IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-europe IF 1.661 TC 66 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-5286.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Species identification;Multifrequency acoustics;Data collection AB Acoustic surveys are used to estimate the abundance and distribution of many fish species, and have been based traditionally on data collected at a single acoustic frequency. Although it has been known for some time that the use of additional frequencies can provide information on the nature of the acoustic target, the knowledge and technology required to combine the so-called "multifrequency data" in an appropriate manner has been limited. The use of several transducers of different frequencies is now common on board research vessels and fishing vessels, so multifrequency data are often collected. In order for these data to be combined appropriately, their physical and spatial characteristics from each frequency should be as similar as possible. We detail the requirements deemed necessary to collect multifrequency data in an appropriate manner. They can be stringent and may not always be achievable, so we also consider the consequences of combining acoustic data originating in transducers with varying degrees of spatial separation and with different beam widths. PY 2008 PD SEP SO ICES Journal of Marine Science SN 1054-3139 PU Oxford university press VL 65 IS 6 UT 000257181600021 BP 982 EP 994 DI 10.1093/icesjms/fsn052 ID 5286 ER EF