Marine mammal demographics of the outer Washington coast during 2008 -- 2009
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Authors
Sirovic, Ana
Oleson, Erin M.
Calambokidis, John
Baumann-Pickering, Simone
Cummins, Amanda
Kerosky, Sara
Roche, Lauren
Simonis, Anne
Wiggins, Sean M.
Hildebrand, John A.
Subjects
Marine mammals
Toothed whales
Whales
Beaked whales
Dolphins
Porpoises
Pinnipedia
Toothed whales
Whales
Beaked whales
Dolphins
Porpoises
Pinnipedia
Advisors
Date of Issue
2011
Date
2011
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
In 2007 it was proposed that the U.S. Navy's Quinault Underwater Tracking Range (QUTR) off the outer Washington coast be expanded into deep water habitats (used by beaked and sperm whales) and along the coastal shelf (where coastal cetaceans forage). In 2004 an acoustic and visual monitoring effort was initiated within the boundaries of the expanded QUTR to characterize the vocalizations of marine mammal species present in the area, to determine the year-round seasonal presence of all odontocete and mysticete whales, and to evaluate the distribution of cetaceans near the Navy range. Acoustic data have been collected at two sites using autonomous High-frequency Acoustic Recording Packages (HARPs). This report summarizes acoustic data collected from June 2008 to June 2009. Seasonal occurrence and relative abundance of species consistently identified in the acoustic data are discussed in the context of earlier visual and acoustic data collections.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Oceanography
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-OC-11-004CR
Sponsors
Funding
N00244-8-1-0023.
Format
iv, 31 p.: ill.;28 cm.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.