Hydroacoustical distinguishing between fish and bubbles, and quanti fication of methane bubble ebullition in freshwater reservoirs of temperate zone

Duration: 
01.01.2012 - 31.12.2015
Classification
Grant agency: 
GACR
Grant type: 
Standardní projekt
Registration number: 
P504/12/1186
Investigators
Internal investigator/coinvestigator: 
Stanovský Petr
Internal investigator: 
is coinvestigator only
External investigator/coinvestigator: 
Hydrobiologický ústav, Biologické centrum AV ČR, v.v.i.
Annotation: 
The acoustic parameters of rising methane bubbles will be measured by echosounders at di fferent 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 modifi ed 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.