MX Aquatic Habitat Echosounder

MX Aquatic Habitat Echosounder

BioSonics complete Aquatic Habitat Echosounder System lets you simultaneously acquire submerged aquatic vegetation, substrate, and bathymetry data using Visual Acquisition software and instantly create layered, colored and contoured maps using Visual Aquatic software.

Mobile survey deployment from small boats or research vessels in lakes, rivers, estuaries, shallow marine environments.

OEM version for ASVs and ROVs features a compact electronics package ideal for small, autonomous and remotely operated vehicles.

  • Map submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV)
  • Map eelgrass and other habitat areas
  • Monitor invasive aquatic weeds
  • Delineate areas of sand, mud, rock
  • Generate contour profiles
  • Shallow water mapping

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

  • Portable, robust, weather resistant, and rugged with storage for cables and transducer
  • Calibrated scientific system
  • Complete with software for data acquisition, processing, visualization and mapping
  • Integrated DGPS – all data time-stamped and geo-referenced
  • High resolution, full color echogram
  • Pole-mounted or hull mounted transducer options
  • Wired or wireless Ethernet operation from notebook computer
  • AC or DC (12V) operation
  • Low power consumption
  • Ping rate: 5 per second