Autonomous Real-time Marine Mammal Detections
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mid-Atlantic Bight, Winter 2018
Study objectives
A Slocum G2 glider was deployed on the continental shelf near the Virginia-North Carolina state line to conduct a near real-time survey for baleen whales, including the seriously endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Principal Investigators: Mark Baumgartner (WHOI) and Doug Nowacek (Duke University).
Slocum glider we03
Platform location:
Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:
Daily analyst review:
| Detected |
| Possibly detected |
| Not detected |
Time series:
Diel plot:
Links to detailed information for Slocum glider we03:
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 expertly prepared by Ben Hodges and Tina Haskins (WHOI) and deployed by Tina Haskins (WHOI) with assistance from Anna Clabaugh and Zach Swaim (Duke University). Support for the deployment and operation of the glider was provided by NAVFAC Atlantic (Joel Bell). Support for the development and testing of the DMON/LFDCS was provided by the Office of Naval Research, and additional support for integration and testing was provided by the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Advanced Sampling Technologies Working Group in collaboration with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Passive Acoustics Research Group (leader: Sofie Van Parijs).
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