Autonomous Real-time Marine Mammal Detections

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


Cabot Strait, Canada, July 2021


Study objectives

A Teledyne Webb Research Slocum G3 glider equipped with passive acoustic listening device (DMON/LFDCS) was deployed in the Cabot Strait region of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GoSL) for a 4-5 month mission. The primary objective of this mission is to research the distribution of North Atlantic right whales and other baleen whales in the Cabot Strait region to facilitate regional management of ship traffic.

Principal Investigators: Kim Davies (University of New Brunswick)

Analysts: Allison Richardson, Kim Davies (University of New Brunswick) and Hansen Johnson (Dalhousie University)




Platform location:




Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:




Daily analyst review:

DateSei whaleFin whaleRight whaleHumpback whaleBlue whale
11/03/2021
11/02/2021
11/01/2021
10/31/2021
10/30/2021
10/29/2021
10/28/2021
10/27/2021
10/26/2021
10/25/2021
10/24/2021
10/23/2021
10/22/2021
10/21/2021
10/20/2021
10/19/2021
10/18/2021
10/17/2021
10/16/2021
10/15/2021
10/14/2021
10/13/2021
10/12/2021
10/11/2021
10/10/2021
10/09/2021
10/08/2021
10/07/2021
10/06/2021
10/05/2021
10/04/2021
10/03/2021
10/02/2021
10/01/2021
09/30/2021
09/29/2021
09/28/2021
09/27/2021
09/26/2021
09/25/2021
09/24/2021
09/23/2021
09/22/2021
09/21/2021
09/20/2021
09/19/2021
09/18/2021
09/17/2021
09/16/2021
09/15/2021
09/14/2021
09/13/2021
09/12/2021
09/11/2021
09/10/2021
09/09/2021
09/08/2021
09/07/2021
09/06/2021
09/05/2021
09/04/2021
09/03/2021
09/02/2021
09/01/2021
08/31/2021
08/30/2021
08/29/2021
08/28/2021
08/27/2021
08/26/2021
08/25/2021
08/24/2021
08/23/2021
08/22/2021
08/21/2021
08/20/2021
08/19/2021
08/18/2021
08/17/2021
08/16/2021
08/15/2021
08/14/2021
08/13/2021
08/12/2021
08/11/2021
08/10/2021
08/09/2021
08/08/2021
08/07/2021
08/06/2021
08/05/2021
08/04/2021
08/03/2021
08/02/2021
08/01/2021
07/31/2021
07/30/2021
07/29/2021
07/28/2021
07/27/2021
07/26/2021
07/25/2021
07/24/2021
07/23/2021
07/22/2021
07/21/2021
07/20/2021
07/19/2021

Detected
Possibly detected
Not detected


Time series:




Diel plot:




Recent bacgkground noise:




Links to detailed information:

Automated detection data

DMON/LFDCS Diagnostics

Platform diagnostics





Questions

Please email Mark Baumgartner at mbaumgartner@whoi.edu. For a general desciption of the detection system and the autonomous platforms, visit dcs.whoi.edu.


Acknowledgements

The G3 glider was expertly prepared by Teledyne Webb Research and the Coastal Environmental Observation Technology and Research (CEOTR) group (ceotr.ocean.dal.ca). Financial support for the deployment and operation of the glider was provided Transport Canada's Innovation Centre. Additional logistical support for the mission was provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of New Brunswick, Teledyne Webb Research, Dalhousie University, Ocean Tracking Network, MEOPAR and the Ocean Frontiers Institute.


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