New York Bight, Spring 2023

Robots4Whales

Rutgers University, Stony Brook University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

New York Bight, Spring 2023

Study objectives

A Slocum G3 glider was deployed off the coast of Long Island, New York and New Jersey to conduct surveys for baleen whales, including the seriously endangered North Atlantic right whale.

Principal Investigators: Josh Kohut (Rutgers), Travis Miles, (Rutgers), Lesley Thorne (Stony Brook University), Charlie Flagg (Stony Brook University), Joe Warren (Stony Brook University) and Mark Baumgartner (WHOI).

Analyst: Julianne Wilder

Platform location:

Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:

Daily analyst review:

Date	Sei whale	Fin whale	Right whale	Humpback whale
06/06/2023
06/05/2023
06/04/2023
06/03/2023
06/02/2023
06/01/2023
05/31/2023
05/30/2023
05/29/2023
05/28/2023
05/27/2023
05/26/2023
05/25/2023
05/24/2023
05/23/2023
05/22/2023
05/21/2023
05/20/2023
05/19/2023
05/18/2023
05/17/2023
05/16/2023
05/15/2023
05/14/2023
05/13/2023
05/12/2023
05/11/2023
05/10/2023
05/09/2023
05/08/2023
05/07/2023
05/06/2023
05/05/2023

	Detected
	Possibly detected
	Not detected

Time series:

Diel plot:

VEMCO tag detections:

Recent bacgkground noise:

Oceanographic observations:

Links to detailed information:

Automated detection data

VEMCO tag 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 by David Aragon, Nicole Waite, Chip Haldeman and John Kerfoot (Rutgers University). Support for the preparation, deployment and operation of the glider was provided by NYSERDA.

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