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Acoustic characteristic analysis of small yellow croaker(Larimichthys polyactis) sounds

참조기 소리의 음향학적 특성 분석

Beomsik Kim1
,
Jongwook Choi1
,
Young Geul Yoon2
,
Sunhyo Kim2
,
Hansoo Kim2
,
Sungho Cho2
,
Donhyug Kang2
,
Jee Woong Choi3*
김 범식1
,
최 종욱1
,
윤 영글2
,
김 선효2
,
김 한수2
,
조 성호2
,
강 돈혁2
,
최 지웅3*
1한양대학교 해양융합과학과
2한국해양과학기술원 해양력강화·방위연구부
3한양대학교 ERICA 국방지능정보융합공학부
*Corresponding Author
30 September 2025. pp. 440-449
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Abstract

Marine organisms use sounds for various purposes, such as communication, prey detection, obstacle and predator avoidance and navigation. These sounds are also utilized in research areas such as population assessment, behavioral analysis, and covert underwater acoustic communication, for which an analysis of their acoustic characteristics is essential. In this study, we analyzed the acoustic characteristics of small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis) sounds which one of the fish that produce sounds. The sounds were recorded using self-recording hydrophone in an aquaculture fish farm of Tongyeong Maritime Test & Evaluation Station in April 2024. The small yellow croaker sounds consisted of repeated pulses each shorter than 10 ms, with highly similar waveforms. To analyze their sounds, we measured the number of pulses, Inter-Pulse Intervals (IPI), variability of IPI and pulse-to-pulse similarity within a signal, . We also analyzed the pulse duration, number of semiperiods, Sound Pressure Level (SPL), peak frequency, and 3 dB bandwidth of a representative pulse from each signal. This study offers foundational data for future applications in marine bioacoustics research.

Keywords
Marine bioacoustics
Small yellow croaker
Acoustic characteristic
Similarity

해양 생물들은 의사소통, 먹이 탐색, 장애물 및 포식자 회피, 항해 등 여러 가지 목적을 위해 소리를 사용한다. 이러한 해양생물음은 개체군 평가, 행동 분석, 수중 은밀 통신 등 여러 연구 분야에 활용되고 있으며, 이를 위해서는 해양생물음의 음향학적 특성 분석이 선행되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 소리를 발생시키는 어류 중 하나인 참조기(Larimichthys polyactis)가 내는 소리의 음향학적 특성을 분석하였다. 참조기 소리는 2024년 4월, 통영해상실증기지의 가두리 양식장에서 자동기록식 수중청음기를 활용하여 녹음되었다. 참조기 소리는 펄스 길이가 10 ms 이하의 펄스가 반복되는 형태를 보이고 파형이 매우 유사하게 나타났다. 이에 본 연구에서는 참조기 소리의 음향학적 특성으로, 하나의 신호 안에 존재하는 펄스 수, 펄스 간 간격, 펄스 간 간격의 변동성, 펄스 간 유사도를 분석하였으며, 신호별 대표 펄스 길이, 반파장 개수, 음압 준위, 피크 주파수, 3 dB 대역폭을 분석하였다. 본 연구 내용은 향후 해양생물음 기반 응용 연구에 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있다.

키워드
해양생물음
참조기
음향학적 특성
유사도
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  • Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
  • Volume : 44
  • No :5
  • Pages :440-449
  • Received Date : 2025-08-26
  • Accepted Date : 2025-09-22
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2025.44.5.440
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