Autonomous Real-time Marine Mammal Detections

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


Mount Desert Rock, Maine, Fall 2016


Study objectives

A Slocum G2 glider was deployed near Mount Desert Rock in the northern Gulf of Maine to evaluate the accuracy of DMON/LFDCS near-realtime acoustic detections using visual observations collected from the nearby Mount Desert Rock lighthouse.

Principal Investigators: Cara Hotchkin (NAVFAC Atlantic), Sofie Van Parijs (NEFSC), Peter Corkeron (NEFSC), and Mark Baumgartner (WHOI).



Platform we03


Platform location:




Daily analyst review:

DateSei whaleFin whaleRight whaleHumpback whale
10/20/2016
10/19/2016
10/18/2016
10/17/2016
10/16/2016
10/15/2016
10/14/2016
10/13/2016
10/12/2016
10/11/2016
10/10/2016
10/09/2016
10/08/2016
10/07/2016
10/06/2016
10/05/2016
10/04/2016
10/03/2016
10/02/2016
10/01/2016
09/30/2016
09/29/2016
09/28/2016
09/27/2016
09/26/2016
09/25/2016
09/24/2016
09/23/2016

Detected
Possibly detected
Not detected


Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:




Analyst-reviewed time series:




Analyst-reviewed diel plot:




Links to detailed information for platform we03:

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 Slocum glider was expertly prepared by Larry George (WHOI) and deployed by Sean Whelan (WHOI). Critical engineering support was provided by Keenan Ball, Jim Partan, and Tom Hurst (WHOI). Support for the deployment and operation of the glider is provided by the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) and the Navy's Living Marine Resources Program. 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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