Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
The C-POD logger is a widely used instrument for passive acoustic monitoring of harbor porpoises, but the absence of a continuous recording in this device makes it difficult to verify its performance. An alternative but more labor-intensive approach is to use a wideband sound recorder and off-line d...
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/c527898c-de5e-4739-9cc5-32f5dfa6e1c8 2023-12-24T10:24:14+01:00 Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Sarnocinska, Joanna Tougaard, Jakob Johnson, Mark Madsen, Peter Teglberg Wahlberg, Magnus 2016 https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/comparing-the-performance-of-cpods-and-soundtrappamguard-in-detecting-the-acoustic-activity-of-harbor-porpoises-phocoena-phocoena(c527898c-de5e-4739-9cc5-32f5dfa6e1c8).html https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000288 eng eng https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/comparing-the-performance-of-cpods-and-soundtrappamguard-in-detecting-the-acoustic-activity-of-harbor-porpoises-phocoena-phocoena(c527898c-de5e-4739-9cc5-32f5dfa6e1c8).html info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Sarnocinska , J , Tougaard , J , Johnson , M , Madsen , P T & Wahlberg , M 2016 , ' Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) ' , Meetings on Acoustics. Proceedings , vol. 27 , no. 1 , 070013 . https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000288 contributionToPeriodical 2016 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000288 2023-11-29T23:59:34Z The C-POD logger is a widely used instrument for passive acoustic monitoring of harbor porpoises, but the absence of a continuous recording in this device makes it difficult to verify its performance. An alternative but more labor-intensive approach is to use a wideband sound recorder and off-line detection software. Here we compare the performance of the C-POD with that of a HF SoundTrap recorder analysed with PAMGUARD software. Seven deployments were made with C-PODs and SoundTraps in the Danish Great and Little Belts between June and November, 2015. There was a positive but generally poor correlation between PAMGUARD and C-POD detections, with the C-PODs detecting only about 21-94% of the click trains detected by PAMGUARD based on the broadband recordings. The main explanation behind this poor correspondence is likely that PAMGUARD performs classification on single clicks, whereas the C-POD classifies groups of clicks ('trains') collectively. Such poor correlation between two common methods can have severe implications for conclusions reached in effect and abundance studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Phocoena phocoena Aarhus University: Research Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 070013 |
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The C-POD logger is a widely used instrument for passive acoustic monitoring of harbor porpoises, but the absence of a continuous recording in this device makes it difficult to verify its performance. An alternative but more labor-intensive approach is to use a wideband sound recorder and off-line detection software. Here we compare the performance of the C-POD with that of a HF SoundTrap recorder analysed with PAMGUARD software. Seven deployments were made with C-PODs and SoundTraps in the Danish Great and Little Belts between June and November, 2015. There was a positive but generally poor correlation between PAMGUARD and C-POD detections, with the C-PODs detecting only about 21-94% of the click trains detected by PAMGUARD based on the broadband recordings. The main explanation behind this poor correspondence is likely that PAMGUARD performs classification on single clicks, whereas the C-POD classifies groups of clicks ('trains') collectively. Such poor correlation between two common methods can have severe implications for conclusions reached in effect and abundance studies. |
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Sarnocinska, Joanna Tougaard, Jakob Johnson, Mark Madsen, Peter Teglberg Wahlberg, Magnus Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) |
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Sarnocinska, Joanna Tougaard, Jakob Johnson, Mark Madsen, Peter Teglberg Wahlberg, Magnus |
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Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) |
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Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) |
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Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) |
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Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) |
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Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) |
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comparing the performance of c-pods and soundtrap/pamguard in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (phocoena phocoena) |
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Sarnocinska , J , Tougaard , J , Johnson , M , Madsen , P T & Wahlberg , M 2016 , ' Comparing the performance of C-PODs and SoundTrap/PAMGUARD in detecting the acoustic activity of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) ' , Meetings on Acoustics. Proceedings , vol. 27 , no. 1 , 070013 . https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000288 |
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