A Multi-Week Behavioral Sampling Tag for Sound Effects Studies: Design Trade-Offs and Prototype Evaluation

Abstract

The project will develop new tag technology needed to study the behavioral effects of sound on wild marine mammals over extended time intervals. This will enable fine-scale studies of sound exposure and responses under authentic conditions and will provide data needed to assess the biological significance of responses. The objectives are to: 1. Develop a multi-week behavioral sampling tag with archival and telemetry capabilities. This tag will be used as a test-bed to evaluate in situ behavioral sampling and data summary algorithms. 2. Develop robust data compression and event counting algorithms to deliver information about the baseline behavior of tagged animals and their exposure and responses to sound via satellite telemetry. 3. Evaluate the new methods in field experiments on marine mammals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA602547

Entities

People

  • Bernie Mcconnell
  • Doug Gillespie
  • Mark A. Johnson
  • Peter Tyack

Organizations

  • University of St Andrews

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Ambient Noise
  • Animals
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Calibration
  • Cetaceans
  • Data Compression
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Marine Mammals
  • Measurement
  • Odontocetes
  • Prototypes
  • Sampling
  • Telemetry
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Oceanography.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Space