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Muñoz-Benavent, PauCorresponding AuthorPuig-Pons, VicenteAuthorAndreu-Garcia, GabrielaAuthorEspinosa, VictorAuthorAtienza-Vanacloig, VicenteAuthorPerez-Arjona, IsabelAuthor

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October 15, 2024
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Automatic Bluefin Tuna Sizing with a Combined Acoustic and Optical Sensor

Publicated to: SENSORS. 20 (18): 1-17 - 2020-01-01 20(18), DOI: 10.3390/s20185294

Authors:

Muñoz-Benavent, Pau; Puig Pons, Vicente; Andreu García, Gabriela; Espinosa Roselló, Víctor; Atienza-Vanacloig, Vicente; Pérez Arjona, Isabel
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Univ Politecn Valencia UPV, Inst Control Syst & Ind Comp AI2, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia UPV, Inst Invest Gestio Integrada Zones Costaneres IGI, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author

Abstract

A proposal is described for an underwater sensor combining an acoustic device with an optical one to automatically size juvenile bluefin tuna from a ventral perspective. Acoustic and optical information is acquired when the tuna are swimming freely and the fish cross our combined sensor's field of view. Image processing techniques are used to identify and classify fish traces in acoustic data (echogram), while the video frames are processed by fitting a deformable model of the fishes' ventral silhouette. Finally, the fish are sized combining the processed acoustic and optical data, once the correspondence between the two kinds of data is verified. The proposed system is able to automatically give accurate measurements of the tuna's Snout-Fork Length (SFL) and width. In comparison with our previously validated automatic sizing procedure with stereoscopic vision, this proposal improves the samples per hour of computing time by 7.2 times in a tank with 77 juveniles of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), without compromising the accuracy of the measurements. This work validates the procedure for combining acoustic and optical data for fish sizing and is the first step towards an embedded sensor, whose electronics and processing capabilities should be optimized to be autonomous in terms of the power supply and to enable real-time processing.
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Keywords

biomass estimationAcousticsAnimalsAutomatic 3d measurementAutomatic 3d measurementsBiomassBiomass estimationBody sizeFishFish sizingFishery managementLengthModeSalmonSystemTarget-strengthTunaUnderwater acousticsUnderwater computer visionVerificationVideo

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal SENSORS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 14/64, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Instruments & Instrumentation.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-06:

  • WoS: 6
  • Scopus: 7
  • Europe PMC: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 22.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 22 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/176322
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MUÑOZ BENAVENT, PAU) and Last Author (Pérez Arjona, Isabel).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MUÑOZ BENAVENT, PAU.

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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by funding from ACUSTUNA project ref. CTM2015-70446-R (MINECO/ERDF, EU) and PAID-10-19 (UPV).
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