Estimating the location of baleen whale calls using dual streamers to support mitigation procedures in seismic reflection surveys.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Shima H Abadi, Maya Tolstoy, William S D Wilcock
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Langseth; baleen whale; baleen whales; Marine Mammal Monitoring; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171115; https://doaj.org/article/4b0f2bfe4ab14cb1862f77a732740d46

In order to mitigate against possible impacts of seismic surveys on baleen whales it is important to know as much as possible about the presence of whales within the vicinity of seismic operations. This study expands on previous work that analyzes single seismic streamer data to locate nearby callin...