Management and research applications of real-time and archival passive acoustic sensors over varying temporal and spatial scales

North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis vocalization patterns in the central Gulf of Maine from October 2009 through October 2010

“…The highly seasonal nature of gunshot sound detections within this study supports the hypothesis that this call peaks seasonally (Parks et al 2005, 2012, Van Parijs et al 2009). In the North Atlantic, mature male right whales have been observed producing gunshot sounds during SAGs and in solitary bouts (Parks et al 2012).…”

Validating the reliability of passive acoustic localisation: a novel method for encountering rare and remote Antarctic blue whales

“…Real-time passive acoustic detection and localisation of marine mammals has seen increased adoption in recent years (Van Parijs et al 2009), and now comprises some of the most efficient means of locating some marine mammals for the purposes of further study (e.g. Wade et al 2006, Clark et al 2010, Klinck et al 2012, Rone et al 2012, Baumgartner et al 2013.…”

Using Static Acoustic Monitoring to Describe Echolocation Behaviour of Heaviside’s Dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) in Namibia

“…Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) techniques involve the detection of cetacean vocalizations from either towed or static hydrophones, and this method is increasingly being used to collect data on cetacean habitat use (e.g., Rayment et al, 2009b;Simon et al, 2010), behaviour (e.g., Leeney et al, 2007;Van Parijs et al, 2009;Akamatsu et al, 2010;Clausen et al, 2010;Kyhn et al, 2010), and even to estimate abundance (e.g., Marques et al, 2009;Whitehead, 2009). Static acoustic monitoring (SAM), using moored equipment to detect cetacean vocalizations from a fixed area, enables the observation of trends in relative abundance and of behaviours of target animals within a focal area (Kimura et al, 2010) and has several advantages over visual techniques.…”