Accession Number:

ADA621145

Title:

Effects of Biota on High-Frequency Acoustic Propagation: Completion of SAX99 Analysis

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

MAINE UNIV AT WALPOLE DARLING MARINE CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Jumars, Peter A.
• Lindsay, Sara M.

Report Date:

2002-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Our long-term goal is to identify, quantify and understand important interactions among organisms, particles including sediments, solutes and moving fluids. The reason for this goal is to enable solutions of interesting forward and inverse problems involving benthic biota.

Descriptors:

• *FEEDING
• *FISHES
• *SOUND TRANSMISSION
• BACKSCATTERING
• BENTHONIC ZONES
• HIGH FREQUENCY
• MODELS
• OCEAN BOTTOM
• SEDIMENTS

Subject Categories:

• Ecology
• Biological Oceanography
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE