Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and University of South Carolina
Coastal Georgia, Winter 2024-2025
Study objectives
A Slocum G3 glider was deployed off the coast of Georgia to conduct surveys for baleen whales, including the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Principal Investigators: Erin Meyer-Gutbrod (University of South Carolina) and Catherine Edwards (Skidaway Institute of Oceanography)
Analysts: Amadi Afua Sefah-Twerefour, Abigail Kreuser, Allie Peterson, Lydia Sims, and Erin Meyer-Gutbrod (University of South Carolina)
Platform location:
Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:
Daily analyst review:
| | Detected |
| Possibly detected |
| Not detected |
Time series:
Diel plot:
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 Karen Dreger and Aiden Gray (SKIO) and was deployed by Frank McQuarrie and Aiden Gray (SKIO). Funding for this work was provided by the Broad Reach Fund and SECOORA.
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