Acoustic and Visual Monitoring for Marine Mammals at the Southern California Off-Shore Range

Abstract

The goal of this project is to advance acoustic techniques for assessing marine mammal populations. There is a requirement for marine mammal density data within areas of frequent naval operations. The Southern California Off-Shore Range (SCORE) is a region where naval operations are frequently conducted and where marine mammals are seasonally abundant (Figure 1). Acoustic techniques may provide an efficient and accurate method for assessing marine mammal populations in areas of naval interest such as within SCORE.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625551

Entities

People

  • John A Hildebrand

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustics
  • Aerial Surveys
  • Animals
  • California
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency Bands
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Monitoring
  • Naval Operations
  • Specialists
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Underwater Acoustics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology