Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014
Given new distribution patterns of the endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW; Eubalaena glacialis) population in recent years, an improved understanding of spatio-temporal movements are imperative for the conservation of this species. While so far visual data have provided most information on...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5647423 2023-05-15T16:08:15+02:00 Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014 Davis, Genevieve E. Baumgartner, Mark F. Bonnell, Julianne M. Bell, Joel Berchok, Catherine Bort Thornton, Jacqueline Brault, Solange Buchanan, Gary Charif, Russell A. Cholewiak, Danielle Clark, Christopher W. Corkeron, Peter Delarue, Julien Dudzinski, Kathleen Hatch, Leila Hildebrand, John Hodge, Lynne Klinck, Holger Kraus, Scott Martin, Bruce Mellinger, David K. Moors-Murphy, Hilary Nieukirk, Sharon Nowacek, Douglas P. Parks, Susan Read, Andrew J. Rice, Aaron N. Risch, Denise Širović, Ana Soldevilla, Melissa Stafford, Kate Stanistreet, Joy E. Summers, Erin Todd, Sean Warde, Ann Van Parijs, Sofie M. 2017-10-18 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647423/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29044130 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13359-3 en eng Nature Publishing Group UK http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647423/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29044130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13359-3 © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. CC-BY Article Text 2017 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13359-3 2017-10-29T00:14:14Z Given new distribution patterns of the endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW; Eubalaena glacialis) population in recent years, an improved understanding of spatio-temporal movements are imperative for the conservation of this species. While so far visual data have provided most information on NARW movements, passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) was used in this study in order to better capture year-round NARW presence. This project used PAM data from 2004 to 2014 collected by 19 organizations throughout the western North Atlantic Ocean. Overall, data from 324 recorders (35,600 days) were processed and analyzed using a classification and detection system. Results highlight almost year-round habitat use of the western North Atlantic Ocean, with a decrease in detections in waters off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in summer and fall. Data collected post 2010 showed an increased NARW presence in the mid-Atlantic region and a simultaneous decrease in the northern Gulf of Maine. In addition, NARWs were widely distributed across most regions throughout winter months. This study demonstrates that a large-scale analysis of PAM data provides significant value to understanding and tracking shifts in large whale movements over long time scales. Text Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic North Atlantic right whale PubMed Central (PMC) Scientific Reports 7 1 |
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Given new distribution patterns of the endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW; Eubalaena glacialis) population in recent years, an improved understanding of spatio-temporal movements are imperative for the conservation of this species. While so far visual data have provided most information on NARW movements, passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) was used in this study in order to better capture year-round NARW presence. This project used PAM data from 2004 to 2014 collected by 19 organizations throughout the western North Atlantic Ocean. Overall, data from 324 recorders (35,600 days) were processed and analyzed using a classification and detection system. Results highlight almost year-round habitat use of the western North Atlantic Ocean, with a decrease in detections in waters off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in summer and fall. Data collected post 2010 showed an increased NARW presence in the mid-Atlantic region and a simultaneous decrease in the northern Gulf of Maine. In addition, NARWs were widely distributed across most regions throughout winter months. This study demonstrates that a large-scale analysis of PAM data provides significant value to understanding and tracking shifts in large whale movements over long time scales. |
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Davis, Genevieve E. Baumgartner, Mark F. Bonnell, Julianne M. Bell, Joel Berchok, Catherine Bort Thornton, Jacqueline Brault, Solange Buchanan, Gary Charif, Russell A. Cholewiak, Danielle Clark, Christopher W. Corkeron, Peter Delarue, Julien Dudzinski, Kathleen Hatch, Leila Hildebrand, John Hodge, Lynne Klinck, Holger Kraus, Scott Martin, Bruce Mellinger, David K. Moors-Murphy, Hilary Nieukirk, Sharon Nowacek, Douglas P. Parks, Susan Read, Andrew J. Rice, Aaron N. Risch, Denise Širović, Ana Soldevilla, Melissa Stafford, Kate Stanistreet, Joy E. Summers, Erin Todd, Sean Warde, Ann Van Parijs, Sofie M. |
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Davis, Genevieve E. Baumgartner, Mark F. Bonnell, Julianne M. Bell, Joel Berchok, Catherine Bort Thornton, Jacqueline Brault, Solange Buchanan, Gary Charif, Russell A. Cholewiak, Danielle Clark, Christopher W. Corkeron, Peter Delarue, Julien Dudzinski, Kathleen Hatch, Leila Hildebrand, John Hodge, Lynne Klinck, Holger Kraus, Scott Martin, Bruce Mellinger, David K. Moors-Murphy, Hilary Nieukirk, Sharon Nowacek, Douglas P. Parks, Susan Read, Andrew J. Rice, Aaron N. Risch, Denise Širović, Ana Soldevilla, Melissa Stafford, Kate Stanistreet, Joy E. Summers, Erin Todd, Sean Warde, Ann Van Parijs, Sofie M. |
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Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014 |
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Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014 |
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Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014 |
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Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014 |
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