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June2022

Hydroacoustics

AGROVOC URI
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_820db5f7

FAO/Massimo Berruti

Hydroacoustic techniques are currently the most efficient tool to study the aquatic environments remotely, giving a continuous high spatial resolution sampling. Specifically, it is used in investigation of fish populations in marine and freshwater environments.

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