The U.S. Navy's use of tactical mid-frequency active sonar has been linked to marine mammal strandings and fatalities Evans and England, 2001. These events have generated legal challenges to the Navy's peacetime use of mid- frequency sonar, and have limited the Navy's at-sea anti-submarine warfare training time. Beaked whales may be particularly sensitive to mid-frequency sonar. A mobile, persistent surveillance system that could detect, classify and localize beaked whales will help resolve the conflict between the Navy's need for realistic training of mid-frequency sonar operators and the Navy's desire to protect marine mammal populations worldwide. Underwater gliders equipped with appropriate acoustic sensors, processing, and detection systems may offer a partial solution to the problem. Acoustically-equipped Seagliders(trademark) from the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington (APL-UW) is one such platform. A Seaglider can travel about 20 km/day through the water for a period of weeks to months, dive from the surface to 1000 m and back in a few hours, and use two-way satellite (Iridium) telemetry for data and command transfer. This makes it potentially highly useful for the long-term goal of this project, mitigating impacts of Navy operations on marine mammals.
Passive Autonomous Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals with Seagliders
2010
6 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Botany , Zoology , Physical & Chemical Oceanography , Acoustics , Marine biology , Mammals , Acoustic detectors , Aquatic animals , Casualties , Naval operations , Death , Surveillance , Gliders , Underwater , Whales , Telemeter systems , Self operation , Passive systems , Iridium , Detectors , Peacetime
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