Hydroacoustical distinguishing between fish and bubbles, and quantification of methane bubble ebullition in freshwater reservoirs of temperate zone
Duration:
01.01.2012 - 31.12.2015 Annotation:
The acoustic parameters of rising methane bubbles will be measured by echosounders at different frequencies at man-made bubbles. The special algorithms using multi-frequency record will be developed to distinguish the bubble echoes from the fish echoes having the same acoustic size. The obtained method will be used to estimate of fish abundance and biomass more accurately. Further, the model describing the bubble rise and dissolution in will be modified for freshwater lakes. The relation between bubble volume and acoustic echoes from experiments with man-made bubbles will be used to gain more exact data about the amount of the methane bubbles ebullated from the chosen reservoirs in temperate zone. The spatio-temporal changes in their productions will be monitored also. At the end, the research should enlighten the correlation of the quantity and quality of ebullated methane bubbles with the environmental conditions.