TY - CONF
TI - Fish Behavioral Response during Hydrokinetic Turbine Encounters Based on Multi-Beam Hydroacoustics Results
AU - Bevelhimer, M
AU - Scherelis, C
AU - Colby, J
AU - Tomichek, C
AU - Adonizio, M
T2 - 3rd Annual Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS)
AB - One of the most important biological questions facing the marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy industry is whether fish and marine mammals that encounter MHK devices are likely to be struck by moving components. For hydrokinetic devices this concern is greatest for large organisms because their increased length increases the probability that they will be struck as they pass through the area of blade sweep and because their increased mass means that the force absorbed if struck is greater and potentially more damaging. Key to answering this question is understanding whether aquatic organisms change their swimming behavior as they encounter a device in a way that decreases their likelihood of being struck or injured by the device.
DA - 2015/04//
PY - 2015
SP - 4
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Avoidance
KW - Collision
KW - Fish
ER -