Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


Gulf of Maine, Fall/Winter 2024-2025


Study objectives

A Slocum G3 glider was deployed in the northern Gulf of Maine to conduct a near real-time survey for baleen whales, including the seriously endangered North Atlantic right whale.

Principal Investigators: Mark Baumgartner (WHOI)

Analyst: Julianne Wilder







Survey plan:






Platform location:




Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:




Daily analyst review:

DateSei whaleFin whaleRight whaleHumpback whale
12/26/2024
12/25/2024
12/24/2024
12/23/2024
12/22/2024
12/21/2024
12/20/2024
12/19/2024
12/18/2024
12/17/2024
12/16/2024
12/15/2024
12/14/2024
12/13/2024
12/12/2024
12/11/2024
12/10/2024
12/09/2024
12/08/2024
12/07/2024
12/06/2024
12/05/2024
12/04/2024
12/03/2024
12/02/2024
12/01/2024
11/30/2024
11/29/2024
11/28/2024
11/27/2024
11/26/2024
11/25/2024
11/24/2024
11/23/2024
11/22/2024
11/21/2024
11/20/2024
11/19/2024
11/18/2024
11/17/2024
11/16/2024
11/15/2024
11/14/2024
11/13/2024
11/12/2024
11/11/2024
11/10/2024
11/09/2024
11/08/2024
11/07/2024
11/06/2024
11/05/2024
11/04/2024
11/03/2024
11/02/2024
11/01/2024
10/31/2024
10/30/2024
10/29/2024
10/28/2024
10/27/2024
10/26/2024
10/25/2024
10/24/2024
10/23/2024
10/22/2024
10/21/2024
10/20/2024
10/19/2024
10/18/2024
10/17/2024

Detected
Possibly detected
Not detected


Time series:




Diel plot:




Recent bacgkground noise:




Oceanographic observations:




Links to detailed information:

Automated detection data

DMON/LFDCS Diagnostics

Platform diagnostics





Sounds

What types of sounds are we monitoring? Find examples of the sounds right, fin, sei and humpback whales make here.


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 Slocum glider was prepared and deployed by Mackenzie Meier and Mark Baumgartner (WHOI). Support for the glider mission was provided by NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center.


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