저층 침적 위험·유해물질(Hazardous and Noxious Substances)은 해저에 침적되는 위험·유해물질로 직접 및 광학 탐지 기법의 적용 이 어렵기 때문에 수중에서 효과적인 음향 탐지 기법 적용이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 저층 침적 위험·유해물질인 클로로폼(Chloroform)을 이용한 후방산란신호 측정 실험을 통해 저층 침적 위험·유해물질 음향 탐지 가능성을 확인하였다. 제작된 아크릴 수조 내에 지점토를 이 용하여 웅덩이를 만든 후 Pan&Tilt를 이용하여 수평입사각을 90°에서 50°까지 0.5° 간격으로 변화시켜가며 클로로폼 유무에 따른 후방산란 신호 측정이 수행되었다. 송수신기를 단상태로 주파수 200 kHz, 신호길이 25 인 정현파 신호를 이용하여 송수신하였으며, 클로로폼 유 무에 따른 후방산란신호를 측정하였다. 클로로폼이 침적된 경우 수평입사각 약 80°이하에서 물과 클로로폼 경계면에서의 후방산란신호 수신준위가 작아지는 것이 확인되었다. 물과 클로로폼 경계면에서의 후방산란신호 측정된 결과를 통해 저층 침적 위험·유해물질 음향 탐 지 가능성을 확인하였다.

Commercial split beam echosounder (ES70) installed on a krill fishing vessel was calibrated in order to utilize it in estimating biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). The method of calibration was to analyze the difference between the bottom backscattering strength of the commercial split beam echosounder (i.e. ES70) and the scientific echosounder (i.e. EK60) at one of transects near South Shetland Islands designated by CCAMLR. 38 kHz and 120 kHz were used for the calibration, and krill swarm signal levels obtained from multi frequencies, was examined to verify the calibration result. The analysis result indicated possibility of calibration by bottom backscattering strength, since the proportion of krill swarm signals within 2 dB < SV 120 kHz-38 kHz < 12 dB (i.e. a common SV 120 kHz-38 kHz range of 38 kHz and 120 kHz to be an indicator of Antarctic krill) over the total acoustic signals were 26.95% and 92.04%, respectively before and after the calibration.

Changes in target strength (TS) values of sandfish when sandfish was alive and dead were investigated using ex-situ at120 kHz. TS values measured by tilt angles with ‑50∼+50 degrees showed ranges from ‑71.0 to ‑53.3 dB for live sandfish, ‑63.1~‑46.3 dB for thawed sandfish, and ‑70.0~‑50.4 dB after 24 hours from thawed, respectively. It was shown that while TS values were similar between the case of live and the case of after 24 hours from thawed, mean TS values were higher by approximately 5 dB in the case of immediate thawed sandfish. It was also seen that TS values were similar between the case of thawed sandfish and the case of after 21 hours from live. The results showed that TS values of live sandfish were different from those of frozen sandfish. It implies that when estimating TS of frozen fish, the influx of bubbles and changes of body should be considered.

ADCPs have been widely used to estimate the dynamic characteristics and biomass of sound scattering layers (SSLs), and swimming speed of fish schools for analyzing SSLs spatial distribution and/or various behavior patterns. This result showed that the verification of the mean volume backscattering strength (MVBS or averaged SV, dB) acquired by the ADCP would be necessary for a quantitative analysis on the spatial distribution and the biomass estimation of the SSLs or fish school when ADCP is used for estimating their biomass. In addition, the calibrated sphere method was used to verify values of each MVBS obtained from 4 beams of ADCP (153.6 kHz) on the base of 3 frequencies (38, 120, 200 kHz) of Scientific echo sounder's split beam system. Then, the measured SV values were compared and analyzed in its Target Strength (TS, dB) values estimated by a theoretical acoustic scattering model.

This study is aimed to understand the vertical distribution of fish in the daytime and nighttime using an acoustic survey in Yondam reservoir of Jeollabuk-do, and an acoustical backscattering strength of dominant species, bass (Micropterus salmoides) and a bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), which are classified as the ecosystem disturbing species. The results showed that the fish school was distributed in the shallow areas of less than 10 m depth during the period of Aug. and Oct. where it had a strong thermocline, otherwise, it was distributed over 10-times density under stable water temperatures as 13°C in Nov. There was no vertical patchiness difference between daytime and nighttime unlike the typical marine ecosystem. The dominant species were crucian carp, bluegill, bass. The hydroacoustic method can provide the spatial distribution and effective removal ways of the ecosystem disturbing species in inland fisheries.

Due to change of various marine environments according to seawater temperature rising, Japanese common squid(Todarodes pacificus), which was distributed in East Sea, was recently caught in Yellow Sea during a summer season from 2006. The fishery resources density research was carried out in Korea-China Provisional Water Zone using trawl fishing gear and acoustics in National Fisheries Research & Development Institute in Korea. This paper showed the analysis on the acoustical backscattering strength by two frequencies(38kHz, 120kHz) for Japanese common squid by acoustical scattering theoretical model based on size distribution for survey period, and estimate the density distribution for squid s integrated layer which was extracted from any scatterers distributed in water column using two frequency difference method which has been used to distinguish fish shoals or specific target scatterers from sound scattering layer which is composed of various zooplankton. Furthermore, the entire range of their density estimation was suggested using by Monte Carlo simulation under considering each uncertainty such as size distributions or swimming angle and so on in survey area.

어군의 분포밀도와 초음파산란강도의 관계를 검토하기 위하여, 50kHz의 주파수에서 net cage (농망)에 분포밀도가 기지인 어군을 수용하고, 어군밀도의 변화에 기인하는 echo energy의 변동을 고찰하고, 또 cage 실험에 의해 추정한 어체의 평균적인 반사강도와 개개의 어체를 대상으로 구한 평균반사강도를 상호 비교, 검토한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. cage 실험에 의한 붕어의 평균반사강도는 -41.9dB로서, 이 값은 현장에서 개개의 붕어(마취어, 평균체장 19.1cm)를 대상으로 측정한 평균반사강도 -42.6dB보다 0.7dB 더 컸다. 2. cage내에 수용한 어군의 분포밀도가 증가함에 따라, 어군에 의한 평균체적산란강도는 직선적으로 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 즉, 어군밀도가 7, 13, 20, 26, 39, 52, 66 마리/m 상(3)였을 때, 각각의 어군에 의한 평균체적산란강도는 -33.0, -28.9, -27.6, -24.3, -25.1, -23.6, -22.1dB이었다. 3. 어군밀도 σ(마리/m 상(3))와 평균체적산란강도 (dB)와의 사이에는 다음의 관계식이 성립하였다. =-41.9+11.0 Log(σ), r=0.97 이 식에 회귀직선의 기울기 11은 이론적인 값 10에 거의 근사하였다.

어군량의 추정에 필요한 활어체의 후방산란단면적을 실험수조 내에서 40KHz와 170KHz의 음파로써 담수어인 메기.잉어.틸라피아, 해수어인 볼낚.농어.숭어.용치놀래기 등에 대해 측면(side aspect)에서 각각 75~216회 측정한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 전장(total length)이 10.7~24.0cm인 어체들의 후방산란단면적은 5.62×10 상(-5) m 상(2) ~7.23×10 상(-4) m 상(2)였으며, 그 표적강도는 -42.50dB~-31.38dB이었다. 2. 어체의 크기와 표적강도의 일반적인 관계는 어종과 주파수에 따라 다르나, 대체로 큰 어체일수록 잘 반사하는 경향을 나타내었다. 3. 활어에 대한 유효산란길이의 확률분포와 Rayleigh 분포화의 적합도를 유의수준 5%에서 x 상(2) 검정한 결과, 파장에 대한 어체의 길이의 비(acoustic length ratio)가 4.5 및 4.7처럼 적을 때에는 Rayleigh 분포를 이루지 않는다는 것을 알 수 있었다.