- 12.15-13.00
- K1/K2, 1et, Biologen, A-blokken
Active acoustics deployed on platforms from vessels to moorings enable us to build up both spatial and temporal patterns of micronekton. This talk will outline some of the ways in which acoustics have been deployed in the Scotia Sea and will present results on insights into fish and krill distribution and behaviour. Uses, limitations and future directions in emerging technology will also be discussed.
Tracey Dornan is a biological oceanographer with the British Antarctic Survey and is the UK delegate to the Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Working Group on Acoustics Survey and Analysis Methods. With a particular interest in fish and krill in the Southern Ocean, she uses a combination of active acoustics, biological sampling, morphometric analysis and modelling to gain insight into Southern Ocean ecology and species distributions. A current focus of her work is using acoustics on a range of platforms from tourist vessels to autonomous platforms and vehicles, to obtain fine-scale data on krill behaviour.