Passive acoustic recordings of marine megafauna within the Bremer Marine Park and adjacent areas (NESP Emerging Priorities EP2)

• Other Authors: Prof. Christine Erbe (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Prof. Christine Erbe (pointOfContact), A/Prof. Alexander Gavrilov (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST), Curtin University (hasAssociationWith)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Tasmania, Australia
• Subjects: biota; Towed acoustic array; Sea noise recorder; Passive acoustic monitoring; Antarctic blue whale; Pygmy blue whale; Fin whale; Humpback whale; Killer whale; Sperm whale; OCEAN ACOUSTICS; EARTH SCIENCE; OCEANS; AMBIENT NOISE; BALEEN WHALES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CETACEANS; TOOTHED WHALES; SUBMARINE CANYONS; BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY; EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; baleen whales; Blue whale; Humpback Whale; Killer Whale; toothed whales
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/passive-acoustic-recordings-priorities-ep2/1201255; https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au:443/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=ae6bf482-4f8a-4501-9401-035a165c2427; https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/ae6bf482-4f8a-4501-9401-035a165c2427/CMST_2017_Bremer_Bay_bioacoustic_assessment__ReportV1.pdf; https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/project/ep2-surveying-marine-life-canyons-bremer-bay

Long-term passive acoustic observations were made at the edge of the continental shelf south of Bremer Bay, Western Australia, from February 2015 to February 2016, in order to assess seasonal patterns in the presence of various baleen and toothed whales around the Bremer Canyon/Marine Park. Further...