An Investigation of Fin and Blue Whales in the NE Pacific Ocean using Data from Cascadia Initiative Ocean Bottom Seismometers

The long-term goals of this project are to develop, evaluate and compare techniques to estimate fin and blue whale locations and densities from ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) data and thus enable the research community to better utilize the increasing number of OBS earthquake monitoring studies near...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilcock, William S, Mellinger, David K
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
*WHALES
ACOUSTIC DETECTION
BEHAVIOR
DENSITY
ESTIMATES
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN BOTTOM
POSITION(LOCATION)
SEISMIC DATA
SEISMOMETERS
TRACKING
FIN WHALES
BLUE WHALES
OBS(OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETERS)
BALEEN WHALES
WHALE DENSITY ESTIMATION
Pacific
baleen whales
Blue whale
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA618044
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA618044
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Summary:The long-term goals of this project are to develop, evaluate and compare techniques to estimate fin and blue whale locations and densities from ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) data and thus enable the research community to better utilize the increasing number of OBS earthquake monitoring studies near continental margins to understand the distribution and behavior of baleen whales. Prepared in collaboration with the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies, Oregon State University, Newport.

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