Re: Sensors and Zooplankton

From: "Beth Fulton" <beth.fulton@marine.csiro.au>

>  >Breaking? No. Pushing the performance to
>  >the limit? Yes. You must have some really
>  >powerful and up-to-date electronics there,
>  >the best that money can buy.
>
> You're talking about science funded by the Aussie government so I
hardly
> think so ;)

Right. Scratch that idea.

>  >Or the transducer is on a cable or a
>  >towfish... and there probably
>  >aren't very many snapping shrimp around.
>
> Well I went and checked up and while there are plenty of snapping
shrimp
it
> turns out Tony was partly on the right track. They use a set of
sensors
> some ship board some that are lowered to depth

A HA! I bet it's the transducers that are lowered, with the processing
done
on board, that's the usual way. That'll do it. Still pretty snazzy
stuff,
not
your standard depth sounder.