A scenario for Right Whale detection in the Bay of Fundy

Author

Desharnais, Francine ; Laurinolli, Marjo ; Hay, Alex ; Theriault, James A.

Author_Institution

Defence Res. Establ. Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1735

Abstract

The Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is the most endangered large whale species. Collisions with ships is the cause of a large percentage of documented deaths, and is an inherent problem in the Bay of Fundy in summer and fall, when the whales are in the area. Acoustic methods to detect, localize and track right whales are investigated for the Bay of Fundy. Factors limiting probability of detection are identified, based on simple scenarios and acoustic systems, for realistic environmental conditions encountered in the summer

Keywords

oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; underwater sound; Bay of Fundy; Canada; Eubalaena glacialis; North Atlantic; Northern Right Whale; Right Whale; acoustic array; acoustic method; acoustic system; detection; marine biology; marine mammal; measurement technique; ocean; probability of detection; summer; tracking; underwater sound; whale; Acoustic arrays; Acoustic sensors; Acoustic signal detection; Collaboration; Marine vehicles; Monitoring; Sensor systems; Tides; Water conservation; Whales;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Providence, RI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6551-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2000.882191

Filename

882191