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Silverfish on the echosounder

Acoustic recording of silverfish on a scientific echosounder.

An acoustic recording showing how schools of silverfish appear on a scientific echosounder. The green line shows the path of a trawl that went through this school and caught 200 kg of silverfish.

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Rights: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Published: 3 December 2007Size: 63.8 KB
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