Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


Gulf of Maine, Spring 2025


Study objectives

A Slocum G3 glider was deployed in the western Gulf of Maine on March 26, 2025 to test a new tonal detection and classification system that spans a wide band of frequencies.

Principal Investigator: Mark Baumgartner (WHOI)

Analysts: Julianne Wilder (WHOI)







Platform location:




Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:




Daily analyst review:

DateSei whaleFin whaleRight whaleHumpback whale
04/04/2025
04/03/2025
04/02/2025
04/01/2025
03/31/2025
03/30/2025
03/29/2025
03/28/2025
03/27/2025
03/26/2025

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 robots4whales.whoi.edu.


Acknowledgements

The Slocum glider was prepared by Mackenzie Meier and deployed and piloted by Mark Baumgartner.


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