Acousonde™ Applications Questions

Added 19 March 2009


Marine wildlife

• Will it work for my species and in my environment?



Marine wildlife

Will it work for my species and in my environment?

Only you, as the biologist, can assess whether the Acousonde's size and weight satisfy the requirements of working with your species. Beyond that, however, three key characteristics of the Acousonde affect its applicability in your environment.

First, this is an archival tag, meaning that it must be physically recovered for you to retrieve its data.

Second, the Acousonde 3A incorporates no attachment, tracking, or retrieval equipment, meaning that you must supply all of these (we are working on the Acousonde 3B that will include these features).

Third, the Acousonde's usefulness may be seriously impacted by flow or attachment noise; if your application environment involves banging, creaking, vibration, or strong, poorly faired flow, your acoustic records may be contaminated with noise.