Marine Mammal Aerial Surveys in Bahamas and Hawaii

Abstract

Aerial surveys of marine mammals were performed as part of the Marine Mammal Monitoring on Navy Undersea Acoustic Ranges (3MR) program in three regions: a) Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kauai (BSURE and BARSTUR ranges; Jul 12-Nov 17, 2002); b) Bahamas (Northwest Providence Channel and AUTEC range; Jan 4-12, 2003); and c) main Hawaiian Islands (Feb 21-Apr 5, 2003). The mission was to identify species and record positions and composition of all marine mammal pods sighted. These data were made available to co-investigators (Martin and Moretti) of the 3MR program in order to correlate the visual positions with acoustic localizations using Navy assets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA424433

Entities

People

  • Joseph R. Mobley Jr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustic Ranges
  • Aerial Surveys
  • Animals
  • Cetaceans
  • Detection
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Monitoring
  • Observation Aircraft
  • Odontocetes
  • Research Facilities
  • Surveys
  • Water

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Oceanography.