The deep scattering layer, sometimes referred to as the sound scattering layer, is a layer in the ocean consisting of a variety of marine animals. It was...

Lanternfish also account for much of the biomass responsible for the deep scattering layer of the world's oceans. Sonar reflects off the millions of lanternfish...

the impression of a "false ocean bottom"; this is the so-called deep scattering layer that so perplexed early oceanographers (see below). Great variability...

estimate mesopelagic fish abundance is by echosounding to locate the 'deep scattering layer' through the backscatter received from these acoustic sounders....

Lanternfish also account for much of the biomass responsible for the deep scattering layer of the world's oceans. Bigeye tuna are an epipelagic/mesopelagic...

connection between light scattering and acoustic scattering in the 1870s. Near the end of the 19th century, the scattering of cathode rays (electron...

false bottom can also refer to the deep scattering layer in the ocean, a phenomenon where a layer of marine organisms deep in the ocean can be mistaken by...

sunlight zone is 200 meters deep.The photic zone, euphotic zone, epipelagic zone, or sunlight zone is the uppermost layer of a body of water that receives...

The layer is deeper when the moon is out, and may move higher when the sky is dark. This phenomenon has come to be known as the deep scattering layer. Most...

Saline water: Permanent: (A) Permanent shallow marine waters: Less than 6m deep at low tide; including sea bays and straits (B) Marine subtidal aquatic beds:...

channel (short for sound fixing and ranging channel), or deep sound channel (DSC), is a horizontal layer of water in the ocean at which depth the speed of sound...

the most common method is deep-drop fishing, since swordfish spend most daylight hours very deep, in the deep scattering layer. The boat is allowed to drift...

echosounding, including the ability to identify a vegetation layer or a layer of soft mud on top of a layer of rock. Most hydrographic operations use a 200 kHz...

long range vertical migration makes them key contributors to the deep scattering layer. Their abundance is significantly correlated with seasonality and...

Larry; Jakobsson, Martin; Gårdfeldt, Katarina (2021-06-01). "A deep scattering layer under the North Pole pack ice" (PDF). Progress in Oceanography....

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encountered bioluminescent organisms may be the dinoflagellates in the surface layers of the sea, which are responsible for the sparkling luminescence sometimes...

mangroves, rocky intertidal systems, salt marshes, coral reefs, lagoons. In the deep water, hydrothermal vents may occur where chemosynthetic sulfur bacteria...

temperature of different lake layers. The less turbid the water, the more light is able to penetrate, and thus heat is conveyed deeper in the water. Heating declines...

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or canals, it can measure the current profile from bank to bank. In very deep water they can be lowered on cables from the surface. The primary usage is...

was taking sonar readings of the ocean when they discovered the deep scattering layer (DSL). While performing sound propagation experiments, the University...

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them less dense. The deeper waters remain cool and dense due to reduced light penetration. As the summer begins, two distinct layers become established...

sounds in the deep sound channel (SOFAR channel) of the ocean to enable pinpointing of the location of ships or crashed planes. The deep sound channel...

the Indian Ocean undertaking various studies, most notably of the Deep Scattering Layer. Data from the twenty Te Vega research voyages are still cited today...

cps Sound in Deep Water. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 36, 1596 (1964) J. R. Marshall and R. P. Chapman, Reverberation from a Deep Scattering Layer Measured with...

Chemistry and General Biology (1942, 1970); for explaining the deep scattering layer (DSL) as a result of what is now called the diel vertical migration;...

a water wave's passage causes significant water motion. At water depths deeper than the wave base, bottom sediments and the seafloor are no longer stirred...