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The effect of the suspended solid concentration on the daytime vertical distribution of Euphausia pacifica in the Yellow Sea, Korea

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The Yellow Sea, characterized by a high concentration of suspended solids, is a semi-enclosed, marginal sea and shallow water in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located between the Korean Peninsula and China. In this paper, we describe the response of acoustically determined weighted mean depth (WMD) of the krill, Euphausia pacifica, to variations in suspended solid concentration (SSC) during the daytime in spring and summer. E. pacifica was identified from the difference in the volume backscattering strength at 38 and 200 kHz. Our results indicated a correlation between the WMD of E. pacifica and the density of SSC during the daytime in both spring and summer. E. pacifica aggregation was distributed mainly near the bottom when the SSC was relatively low, but did not descend to the bottom when the SSC was relatively high. This implies that the SSC may be an important environmental factor affecting the behavior of E. pacifica.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by “The study on the impact of the Yellow Sea cold water mass to the ecosystemˮ grant (PE99233), promoted by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology. The authors thank Mr. Heejung Choi and Ms. Mira Kim for their support in the system calibration, and special thanks to the crew of the RV Eardo for their help in the field data acquisition.

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  1. Maritime Security Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, 425–600, Korea

    Hyungbeen Lee & Donhyug Kang

  2. Fisheries System Engineering Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Busan, 619–705, Korea

    Hyungbeen Lee

  3. Department of Marine Sciences and Convergence Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, 426–791, Korea

    Jee Woong Choi

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Lee, H., Kang, D. & Choi, J.W. The effect of the suspended solid concentration on the daytime vertical distribution of Euphausia pacifica in the Yellow Sea, Korea. Fish Sci 81, 849–859 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-015-0904-5

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