Abstract
Abstract Kang, M., Nakamura, T., and Hamano, A. 2011. A methodology for acoustic and geospatial analysis of diverse artificial-reef datasets. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 2210–2221. A methodology is introduced for understanding fish-school characteristics around artificial reefs and for obtaining the quantitative relationship between geospatial datasets related to artificial-reef environments using a new geographic information system application. To describe the characteristics of fish schools (energetic, positional, morphological characteristics and dB difference range), acoustic data from two artificial reefs located off the coast of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan, were used. To demonstrate the methodology of the geospatial analysis, diverse datasets on artificial reefs, such as fish-school characteristics, marine-environmental information from a conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor, information on artificial reefs, seabed geographic information, and sediment information around the reefs, were utilized. The habitat preference of fish schools was demonstrated quantitatively. The acoustic density of fish schools is described with respect to the closest distance from reefs and the preferred reef depths, the relationship between fish schools and environmental information was visualized in three dimensions, and the current condition of the reefs and their connection to seabed type is represented. This geospatial method of analysis can provide a better way of comprehensively understanding the circumstances around artificial-reef environments.
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