Conception Bay Hydrophone Deployed 2021-02-14

• Main Author: Marine Institute Of Memorial University
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Ocean Networks Canada Society 2021
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.34943/82ddf815-82ce-474b-9627-8c1c0321ca05; https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DatasetLandingPage?doidataset=10.34943/82ddf815-82ce-474b-9627-8c1c0321ca05

The Ocean Sonics icListen SC2-ETH Hydrophone 2098 was deployed on 2021-02-14 at Conception Bay. Conception Bay is located west of the city St. John's, Newfoundland. This device is a Hydrophone. Hydrophones are devices containing transducers that convert underwater sound waves into electrical signals. They are acoustic instruments that can process data while they are being collected to produce calibrated waveform data. Hydrophones are typically used to study vocalizations of marine mammals, ship traffic and ambient noise. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 2.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.