Development and Validation of a Mobile, Autonomous, Broadband Passive Acoustic Monitoring System for Marine Mammals

• Main Authors: Fratantoni, David M., Baumgartner, Mark F., Johnson, Mark P.
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA DEPT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Acoustic Detection and Detectors; Acoustics; *AQUATIC ANIMALS; MAMMALS; MONITORING; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; SELF OPERATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ACOUSTIC DETECTORS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WHALES; VALIDATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; D-MON(DIGITAL ACOUSTIC MONITORING DEVICES); MARINE MAMMALS; BALEEN WHALES; baleen whales
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA533837; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA533837

Our long-range objective is to understand the oceanographic processes that influence the distribution of whales in the ocean. In support of this objective we seek to develop a fully-integrated autonomous acoustic observing system capable of detecting and classifying a wide range of marine mammal vocalizations (from blue whales to beaked whales; 10 Hz - 100 kHz) with proven performance. This work will ultimately improve our ability to predict whale distribution and bolster efforts to mitigate human impacts on marine mammals.