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DECAF - AUTEC Sperm Whales - Multiple Sensors - Complete Dataset
Citation
Ward, J. 2011. DECAF - AUTEC Sperm Whales - Multiple Sensors - Complete Dataset. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/682) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3516
Contact: Ward, Jessica


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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
Data on sperm whales recorded at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas in August/September 2007. Complete dataset. more

This archive contains data on sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recorded at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas in August/September 2007. Data are provided showing when sperm whales were detected on the range during the time period, details about the availability of the acoustic data used in the analysis and finally, the number and size of sperm whale groups localized. This data represents sperm whale detections on the range during the complete study period. 44 days were monitored using an automatic detector for the presence of sperm whales: 12 Aug 2007 (julian day 224) - 24 Sept 2007 (julian day 267). This file documents when sperm whales were detected by the AUTEC range (the detections were verified by an observer). This dataset used multiple hydrophones at AUTEC to detect sperm whale clicks. Click trains from individual whales were identified, enabling the number of diving whales to be estimated. Assuming that all diving sperm whale groups at a given time are detected by AUTEC, then density of diving sperm whales can be estimated. The related dataset of number of whale groups localized can be found at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/680. Original data can be downloaded at http://www.creem.st-and.ac.uk/decaf/decaf-data-files under Case Study 2: Sperm whale data Hydrophone locations are approximate. Dataset credit = Density Estimation of Cetaceans from passive Acoustic Fixed sensors (DECAF) (http://www.creem.st-and.ac.uk/decaf/)

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, A, North Atlantic, Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Geographical coverage
A, North Atlantic [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
15 August 2007 - 23 September 2007

Taxonomic coverage
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]

Contributor
Naval Undersea Warfare (NUWC), more

Related datasets
Published in:
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more
Other relation:
DECAF - AUTEC Sperm Whales - Multiple Sensors - Samples, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Ward, J.A. et al. (2012). Passive acoustic density estimation of sperm whales in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 28(4): E444–E455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00560.x, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2012-11-23
Information last updated: 2016-06-30
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