Results of Marine Mammal Surveys on US Navy Underwater Ranges in Hawaii and Bahamas

Aerial surveys of marine mammals were performed as part of the Marine Mammal Monitoring on Navy Undersea Acoustic Ranges (3MR) program. Surveys were performed in three regions: a) Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kauai (BSURE and BARSTUR ranges; July 12-Nov 17, 2002); b) Bahamas...

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Main Author: Mobley, Joseph R., Jr
Other Authors: MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS LTD HONOLULU HI
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
Biology
Biological Oceanography
*MAMMALS
*AQUATIC ANIMALS
MONITORING
PACIFIC OCEAN
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
HAWAII
BAHAMA ISLANDS
AERIAL SURVEYS
MARINE MAMMAL PROGRAM
Pacific
Marine Mammal Monitoring
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA421488
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA421488
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Summary:Aerial surveys of marine mammals were performed as part of the Marine Mammal Monitoring on Navy Undersea Acoustic Ranges (3MR) program. Surveys were performed in three regions: a) Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kauai (BSURE and BARSTUR ranges; July 12-Nov 17, 2002); b) Bahamas (Northwest Providence Channel and AUTEC range; Jan 4-12, 2003); and c) main Hawaiian Islands (Feb 21-Apr 5, 2003). The mission was to identify species and record positions and composition of all marine mammal pods sighted. These data were made available to co-investigators (Martin and Moretti) of the 3MR program in order to correlate the visual positions with acoustic localizations using Navy assets. Methods used were consistent with those of modern distance sampling theory. The original document contains color images. All DTIC reproductions will be in black and white.

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