Autonomous Real-time Marine Mammal Detections

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


Northern Gulf of Maine, Fall 2022


Study objectives

A Slocum G2 glider was deployed in the northern Gulf of Maine to conduct a near real-time survey for baleen whales, including the seriously endangered North Atlantic right whale.

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Platform location:




Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:




Daily analyst review:

Date	Sei whale	Fin whale	Right whale	Humpback whale
11/09/2022
11/08/2022
11/07/2022
11/06/2022
11/05/2022
11/04/2022
11/03/2022
11/02/2022
11/01/2022
10/31/2022
10/30/2022
10/29/2022
10/28/2022
10/27/2022
10/26/2022
10/25/2022
10/24/2022
10/23/2022
10/22/2022
10/21/2022
10/20/2022
10/19/2022
10/18/2022
10/17/2022
10/16/2022

	Detected
	Possibly detected
	Not detected

Time series:




Diel plot:




Recent bacgkground noise:




Links to detailed information:

Automated detection data

DMON/LFDCS Diagnostics

Platform diagnostics

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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

Support for the glider mission was provided by the UMaine Foundation.


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