Fine-scale Focal DTAG Behavioral Study in the Gulf of Maine

The goal of this project is to provide technical support to Dr. Susan E. Parks from the Pennsylvania State University in order to obtain crucial baseline data on the normal diel activity budgets of endangered baleen whale species including time spent at the surface, residency time and rate of horizo...

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Main Author: Bocconcelli, Alessandro
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Acoustic Detection and Detectors
Acoustics
*WHALES
*ACOUSTIC TRACKING
*CETACEA
ACOUSTIC DETECTORS
MAINE GULF
MASSACHUSETTS BAY
AQUATIC ANIMALS
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
ENDANGERED SPECIES
BALEEN WHALES
DTAG(DIGITAL TAGGING SYSTEMS)
HUMPBACK WHALES
RIGHT WHALES
STELLWAGEN BANK
STELLWAGEN BANK(ATLANTIC OCEAN)
CAPE COD(MASSACHUSETTS)
CAPE COD BAY
AWCP(ACOUSTIC WATER COLUMN PROFILERS)
AWCP SENSORS
baleen whale
baleen whales
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA541688
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA541688
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Summary:The goal of this project is to provide technical support to Dr. Susan E. Parks from the Pennsylvania State University in order to obtain crucial baseline data on the normal diel activity budgets of endangered baleen whale species including time spent at the surface, residency time and rate of horizontal travel, and rates of sound production. These parameters are obtained by attaching a non intrusive digital archival tag (DTAG) to the whales. Recorded data can be used to assess both visual and passive acoustic detectability to aid in their detection to protect them from vessel collisions and harmful exposures to man-made sounds. DTAG data also provide information on normal behavior, necessary to interpret any potential disturbance responses to human activities.

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