Title :
Spatial variability of environmental conditions in fjords and the importance for aquaculture
Author :
Asplin, Lars ; Sandvik, Anne D. ; Johnsen, Ingrid A. ; Albretsen, Jon ; Wehde, Henning ; Hovstein, Vegard E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Marine Res., Bergen, Norway
Abstract :
From observations and numerical model results we have detected spatial and temporal variability of the environmental conditions in fjords on the order of hours and hundreds of meters. This leads to patches of infectious agents or bulks of warmer or colder water being advected around in regions with a potential influence on aquaculture production. The use of an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) has proven USV´s to be suitable platforms for collection of environmental information.
Keywords :
aquaculture; marine vehicles; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; rivers; telerobotics; USV; aquaculture production; colder water; environmental conditions; fjords; infectious agents; spatial variability; temporal variability; unmanned surface vehicle; warmer water; Aquaculture; Atmospheric modeling; Marine animals; Numerical models; Ocean temperature; Sea surface; aquaculture; current modeling; environmental conditions; fjords; salmon lice;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS - Bergen, 2013 MTS/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bergen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0000-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS-Bergen.2013.6608017