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dc.contributor.authorParsons, Miles
dc.contributor.authorMcCauley, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMackie, M
dc.contributor.authorSiwabessy, Paulus
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:00:33Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:00:33Z
dc.date.created2013-03-27T20:00:56Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationParsons, Miles J. G. and McCauley, Robert D. and Mackie, Michael C. and Siwabessy, Paulus J. and Duncan, Alec J. 2012. In situ source levels of mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) calls. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 132 (5): pp. 3559-3568.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42558
dc.identifier.doi10.1121/1.4756927
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Mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) in Mosman Bay, Western Australia produce three call categories associated with spawning behavior. The determination of call source levels and their contribution to overall recorded sound pressure levels is a significant step towards estimating numbers of calling fish within the detection range of a hydrophone. The source levels and ambient noise also provide significant information on the impacts anthropogenic activity may have on the detection of A. japonicus calls. An array of four hydrophones was deployed to record and locate individual fish from call arrival-time differences. Successive A. japonicus calls produced samples at various ranges between 1 and 100 m from one of the array hydrophones. The three-dimensional localization of calls, together with removal of ambient noise, allowed the determination of source levels for each call category using observed trends in propagation losses and interference. Mean source levels (at 1 m from the hydrophone) of the three call categories were calculated as 163 ± 16 dB re 1 μPa for Category 1 calls (short call of 2–5 pulses); 172 ± 4 dB re 1 μPa for Category 2 calls (long calls of 11–32 pulses); and 157 ± 5 dB re 1 μPa for Category 3 calls (series of successive calls of 1–4 pulses, increasing in call rate).

dc.publisherAcoustical Society of America
dc.subjectunderwater acoustic propagation
dc.subjectacoustic arrays
dc.subjectacoustic signal processing
dc.subjectacoustic noise
dc.subjecthydrophones
dc.titleIn situ source levels of mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) calls.
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume132
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage3559
dcterms.source.endPage3568
dcterms.source.issn0001-4966
dcterms.source.titleJournal of the Acoustical Society of America
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Copyright 2012 Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The following article appeared in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 132 (5): pp. 3559-3568 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4756927

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